Person: Eupolemos from Elis (Elis)

Person ID: 954
Name: Eupolemos
Place of Origin: Elis (Elis)
Date Range: -400 to -375
List of Festivals:
Nemea in Argos (Argeia)
Olympia in Elis (Elis)
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis)
List of Events:
Nemea in Argos (Argeia) on ( -403 to -397 )
Olympia in Elis (Elis) on ( -396 to -396 )
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis) on ( -400 to -375 )
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis) on ( -400 to -375 )
List of Disciplines:
combat sports: pankration
pentathlon: pentathlon
running: stadion
List of References:
Diod. Sic. 14.54.1
Euseb. Chron. L. 208 (ed. Christesen) = African. Chron. F65 l. 186 (ed. Wallraff)
P.Oxy 2381
Paus. 6.3.7
Paus. 8.45.4
List of Prosopographies:
Strasser (2001), no. 66
Moretti (1957), no. 367
Klee (1918), 84, no 79
Kostouros (2008), no. 67
Nielsen (2018), 105, 105 no. 663, 179, no. 61
Comment: Eupolemos also won the pentathlon twice at the Pithia and once at the Nemea. His victory was contested; two umpires were in favour of his victory, but one attributed the victory to a certain Leon of Ambrakia (Epirus). Leon complained and according to Pausanuas (6.3.7) the umpires were fined. However, it seems that Eupolemos was still recorded as the victor. The statue of Eupolemoas was made by Daedalus of Sikyon. Diodorus records his name as Eupolis rather than Eupolemos. - DL