Person: Krauxidas/Kraxillas from Krannon (Thessaly)

Person ID: 1734
Name: Krauxidas/Kraxillas
Place of Origin: Krannon (Thessaly)
List of Festivals:
Olympia in Elis (Elis)
List of Events:
Olympia in Elis (Elis) on ( -648 to -648 )
List of Disciplines:
riding: keles
List of References:
Euseb. Chron. Ll. 109-110 (ed. Christesen) = African. Chron. F65 l. 96 (ed. Wallraff)
Paus. 5.8.8
List of Prosopographies:
Moretti (1957), no. 53
Comment: Introduction of kelis at Olympic games; Krauxidas/Kraxillas was the first victor. Krauxidas of Krannon (Pausanias); Kraxillas of Thessaly (Eusebius; Iulius Africanus)