Person: Pythodelos son of Pythodoros from Athens (Attica)

Person ID: 932
Name: Pythodelos
Father's Name: Pythodoros
Place of Origin: Athens (Attica)
Date Range: -475 to -425
List of Festivals:
Nemea in Argos (Argeia)
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis)
List of Events:
Nemea in Argos (Argeia) on ( -451 to -439 )
Nemea in Argos (Argeia) on ( -451 to -439 )
Nemea in Argos (Argeia) on ( -451 to -439 )
Nemea in Argos (Argeia) on ( -451 to -439 )
Nemea in Argos (Argeia) on ( -451 to -439 )
Nemea in Argos (Argeia) on ( -451 to -439 )
Nemea in Argos (Argeia) on ( -451 to -439 )
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis) on ( -475 to -425 )
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis) on ( -475 to -425 )
List of Disciplines:
combat sports: ___
combat sports?: ___
List of References:
Marcade, Recueil I:87
Marcade, Recueil I:87[2]
SEG 13.368a
SEG 24.387
List of Prosopographies:
Strasser (2001), no. 51
Kyle (1987), 210, A 58
Kostouros (2018), no. 178
Comment: On a statue-base found at Delphi an epigram in honour of Pythodelos records two victories at the Pythia, seven at Nemea and five at an unknown set of games. The two last lines are poorly preserved. The first contains the names Πυθόδωρος Πυθοδή[λ]ō, most probably the name of the dedicator, Pythodoros the son of the victor. From the form of the letters and the frequency with they appear in Athens, suggest Athens as the city of origin (Ebert 1972, 21). The statue was made by Phradmon, an Argive sculptor, and must be, as Egbert suggests an early work. This, in turn, suggests that Pythodelos’ victories may not date to before the mid 450s BC. - EK