Person: Polites from Keramos (Caria)

Person ID: 663
Name: Polites
Place of Origin: Keramos (Caria)
Date Range: 69 to 69
List of Festivals:
___ in Corinth (Corinthia)
___ in Miletos (Ionia)
___ in Syracuse (Sicily)
___ in Apollonia (Illyricum)
___ in Myndos (Caria)
___ in ? (?)
Koina Asias in Ephesos (Ionia)
Olympia in Olympia (Elis)
List of Events:
___ in ? (?) on ( 65 to 75 )
___ in ? (?) on ( 65 to 75 )
___ in ? (?) on ( 65 to 75 )
___ in ? (?) on ( 65 to 75 )
___ in Myndos (Caria) on ( 50 to 75 )
___ in Apollonia (Illyricum) on ( 50 to 75 )
Koina Asias in Ephesos (Ionia) on ( ? to ? )
___ in Syracuse (Sicily) on ( ? to ? )
___ in Miletos (Ionia) on ( ? to ? )
___ in Corinth (Corinthia) on ( ? to ? )
___ in Corinth (Corinthia) on ( ? to ? )
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( 69 to 69 )
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( 69 to 69 )
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( 69 to 69 )
List of Disciplines:
running: ___
running: diaulos
running: dolichos
running: hoplites dromos
running: stadion
List of References:
Euseb. Chron. l. 416 (ed. Christesen) = Afric. Chron. F65 l. 349 (ed. Wallraff)
I.Keramos 15
Paus. 6.13.3
Strasser, REA 106 (2004), p. 547-568
List of Prosopographies:
Moretti (1957), no. 796
Moretti (1957), no. 797
Moretti (1957), no. 798
Kempen (1992), pp. 181-182
Gouw (2009), no. 118
Decker (2014), no. 58
Strasser (2021), no. 25
Golden (2004), p. 137
Comment: Polites won during the Olympic games of 69 AD the stadion, diaulos and dolichos, making him Olympic triastes. Pausanias describes him as a 'great miracle' (μεγα θαῦμα) (Gouw). In total, 14+ victories: Olympia (3), Corinth (2), Milete, Syracuse, Apollonia, Ephesos, Myndos?