Pythocritus

Family: Sicyon · Role: piper · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 14

Life events

• Pythocritus won six successive Pythian contests as the sole competing piper.(Book 6 · Chapter 14)
  • “And Pythocritus of Sicyon won in six of the Pythian contests successively, being the only piper.”

Book 6 · Chapter 14

• parent: Callinicus (Callinicus is Pythocritus's father.) “This is the memorial of Pythocritus, (the son of Callinicus), the piper.”
• with Sacadas (Both are identified as prominent pipers in the history of the contests.) “This man had a prize for his piping, the first time such prizes were bestowed since the Argive Sacadas. Sacadas first conquered in the games established by the Amphictyonians (when no prize was given), and after that he won two prizes. And Pythocritus of Sicyon won in six of the Pythian contests successively, being the only piper.”

Also listed in Sicyon — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.