Person: Ariston from Thourioi (Italy)

Person ID: 1017
Name: Ariston
Place of Origin: Thourioi (Italy)
Date Range: -40 to -32
List of Festivals:
Olympia in Olympia (Elis)
List of Events:
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( -36 to -36 )
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( -32 to -32 )
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( -40 to -40 )
List of Disciplines:
running: stadion
List of References:
Euseb. Chron. ll. 366, 369 (ed. Christesen) = African. Chron. F65 ll. 307, 309 (ed. Wallraff)
Euseb. Ol. 185
List of Prosopographies:
Moretti (1957), no. 717, 721
Gouw (2009), no. 28
Mannheim ID 176
Comment: Gouw suggests Ariston either lost or didn't compete at the Olympics in 36 BC (the one between his two other Olympic victories). Ariston participated for 9 years in the 'men' age-categorie, which is relatively long for a sprinter.