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Antenor |
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Xenares |
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Miletos (Ionia)
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-320 to -295 |
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Most of Antenor's victories are known from Eusebius' victor list, where it says Ἀντήνωρ Ἀθηναῖος ἢ Μιλήσιος παγκράτιον ἀκόντιον (= ἀκονιτί), περιοδονίκης, ἄληπτος (= ἄλειπτος) ἐν ταῖς τρισὶν ἡλικίαις. Moretti interpreted that Antenor was not 'periodonikes' in all three age categories; only ἄλειπτος in all three age categories. We follow Moretti here.
The athlete is furthermore mentioned in an honorary inscription from Attica (IG II(2) 472, ll. 12-13) and one from Miletus (I.Milet I(3).138, l. 44); as a stephanophoros in l. 38 in Milet I.3, 123; and in three inscriptions from Didyma (see LGPN).
Antenor, from ‘Athens or Miletus’, was victorious ἀκονιτί in the men’s pankration at Olympia in 308 BC and was also a periodonikes. The notice in Eusebius also says that he was ἄλειπτος in all three age categories. Since Antenor was uncontestedly victorious in all three age-groups and since there were no competitions for ἀγένειοι at either the Olympia or the Pythia, this must mean that he won at least one victory in the ἀγένειοι age-group at either the Isthmia or the Nemea. In addition, he was considered a paradigm of strength, both purely physical and sexual. -EK
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