Rhexibius

Family: Opus · Role: pancratist · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 18

Life events

• Rhexibius won the pancratium prize and became one of the first athletes commemorated by an effigy.(Book 6 · Chapter 18 · 📍 Olympia)
  • “the Opuntian Rhexibius, who won the prize in the pancratium in the 61st Olympiad”

Book 6 · Chapter 18

• with Praxidamas (They were the first athletes to have effigies at Olympia.) “And the first athletes who had effigies at Olympia were Praxidamas the Æginetan, who won the prize for boxing in the 59th Olympiad, and the Opuntian Rhexibius, who won the prize in the pancratium in the 61st Olympiad.”

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