Person: Diokles from Corinth (Corinthia)

Person ID: 1612
Name: Diokles
Place of Origin: Corinth (Corinthia)
List of Festivals:
Olympia in Elis (Elis)
List of Events:
Olympia in Elis (Elis) on ( -728 to -728 )
List of Disciplines:
running: stadion
List of References:
Aristot. Pol. II.1274a
Euseb. Chron. L. 67 (ed. Christesen) = African. Chron. F65 l. 59 (ed. Wallraff)
Philostratos Gym. 12
List of Prosopographies:
Moretti (1957), no. 13
Comment: Aristotle narrates that Diokles became the lover of a certain Philolaos. They committed suicide together, and were buried together. Philostratos mentions a victor from Korinthos in the first 13 Olympic games without giving the names though.