Person: Androklos from Messene (Messenia)

Person ID: 1575
Name: Androklos
Place of Origin: Messene (Messenia)
List of Festivals:
Olympia in Elis (Elis)
List of Events:
Olympia in Elis (Elis) on ( -768 to -768 )
List of Disciplines:
running: stadion
List of References:
Euseb. Chron. L. 56 (ed. Christesen) = African. Chron. F65 l. 48 (ed. Wallraff)
List of Prosopographies:
Moretti (1957), no. 3
Comment: Androklos might have been the same as Androkles, king of Messene who initiated the first Messenian war in either 743/2 BC or 757/6 BC (Paus. 4.4.4; 4.5.10; 4.13.7) this identification is possible, though not certain.