Person: Protophanes from Magnesia on the Meander (Ionia)

Person ID: 978
Name: Protophanes
Place of Origin: Magnesia on the Meander (Ionia)
Date Range: -92 to -92
List of Festivals:
Olympia in Olympia (Elis)
List of Events:
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( -92 to -92 )
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( -92 to -92 )
List of Disciplines:
combat sports: pale
combat sports: pankration
List of Agonistic Titles:
tetartos ap' Herakles
List of References:
Euseb. Chron. ll. 334-335 (ed. Christesen) = African. Chron. F65 ll. 286-287 (ed. Wallraff)
Paus. 5.21.10
List of Prosopographies:
Moretti (1957), no. 666, 667
Comment: Moretti (1957), no. 666-667, calls Protophanes third after Herakles, but both Eusebius and Africanus actually call him fourth after Herakles (τέταρτος ἀφ᾽ Ἡερακλέους).