Aristophon

Family: Athens · Role: pancratiast · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 13

Aristophon, an Athenian pancratiast, defeated all competitors in the Olympic pancratium. In Book 6, Chapter 13, the Athenian people set up a statue to him, identifying him as the son of Lycinus. In Chapter 14, his statue is described as next to that of Pherias.

Relationship record

Life events

• Aristophon defeated all competitors in the Olympic pancratium.(Book 6 · Chapter 13 · 📍 Olympia)
  • With: Lycinus
  • “The Athenian people also set up a statue to Aristophon the son of Lycinus who beat all the men in the pancratium at Olympia.”

Book 6 · Chapter 13

• parent: Lycinus (Lycinus is Aristophon's father.) “The Athenian people also set up a statue to Aristophon the son of Lycinus”

Book 6 · Chapter 14

• with Pherias (Their statues stood next to each other.) “And Pherias the Æginetan, whose statue is next the Athenian Aristophon,”

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