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| Name: |
Sostratos |
| Alternative Name: |
Akrochersites |
| Father's Name: |
Sosistratos |
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Sikyon (Sykionia)
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| Date Range: |
-370 to -348 |
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Mentioned in Paus. 6.4.2 as well as IAG 25; they mention 12 victories in the Nemea and Isthmia combined, as well as three Olympian and two Pythian victories. Moretti (1957), nos. 420, 425, 433 dates the Olympic victories to 364, 360 and 356 B.C., which Ebert (1979) follows; Moretti and Ebert likewise date the Pythian victories to 362 and 358 B.C., following Klee and Knab. This is the basis for Farrington's date range, which is followed here (Farrington (2012), p. 122-3 note 289). Sostratos was a pankratiatist. We cannot know how many Isthmian and Nemean victories he won: we only have the sum. This cannot as of yet be accommodated by this database. One victory for each contest has been entered for now. - PK
Sostratos was called the Akrocheristes because he would bend his opponents' fingers until they would give in. In addition to his three Olympic victories, he won twice at the Pythia, and twelve victories at the Nemea and Isthmia combined. - DL
His popularity is attested by the fact that he was depicted on the Sikyon's coins (Moretti, 1970 and 1992.
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