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Euthykles was an honourable citizen of Lokri until he was accused of corruption and he was thrown into jail. At that time, a pestilence struck the city and the citizens released Euthykles with appropriate honours.
The date is adduced by Moretti as follows: other athletes celebrated by Callimachus were also active in the same period; Lokri flourished around this time; two other Olympic victories from Lokri also had their victories around the same period. Hence, late 6th/early 5th centuries BC. Moretti opts for the 73rd Olympiad (= 488 BC), but later (1992) sides with Hönle on 464 BCE with the following reasoning: the heroic honours attributed to Euthykles were exemplified on those, certainly more important and significant, attributed to his fellow citizen Euthymos (Person ID 2182), who was victorious in Olympia between 480 and 472. But if Euthykles is later, even if only slightly, than Euthymos, given that the victors in the pentathlete of 476, 472 and 468 are already known, the earliest free date for Euthykles would be 464.
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