Event: Kyniskos son of Kyniskos from Mantinea (Arkadia)
Event ID | 5271 |
Person | Kyniskos son of Kyniskos from Mantinea in Arkadia |
Festival | Olympia in Elis (Elis) |
Discipline | combat sports: pugme |
Age Category | paides |
Date | -475 - -425 |
Achievement | V |
Comment: | The statue of Kyniskos was made by the famous sculptor Polykleitos. The base has been preserved (IvO 149). IvO gives a date of mid-5th century BC. Polykleitos was active in this period. Moretti (1957, no. 265) suggests the 80th Olympiad (= 460 BC). |