What is Theogenes?
[[File:Boxers trainer Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2305.jpg|thumb|Two boxers and a trainer]] '''Theogenes''' was one of the greatest [[Sportsperson|athlete]]s in [[Ancient Greece]]. He was born in the city of [[Thasos]] on the island of the same name in the [[Aegean Sea]] in the early fifth [[century]]. He was a [[boxing|boxer]] and a [[pankration|pankrationiast]].<ref name=pol121>{{harvnb|Poliakoff|1987|p=121}}</ref> He had two [[victory|victories]] at the [[Olympic Games]]. One was in boxing (480 BCE) and the other in the pankration (476). He won three times in boxing at the [[Pythian Games]]; nine times in boxing and once in the pankration at the [[Isthmian Games]]; and nine times in boxing at the [[Nemean Games]]. He also won the long distance race at [[Argos]]. He had 1300 other victories in lesser Games. It is certain that Theogenes was [[worship]]ped as a god in Thasos after his death. One of his enemies whipped his statue. It fell and crushed him to death. The people of Thasos threw the statue into the sea. It was stained with blood. The fields did not produce after this act. The people of Thasos pulled the statue from the sea and put it back in its place. Worship continued. Theogenes was said to heal [[disease]]s.<ref>{{harvnb|Poliakoff|1987|p=122}}</ref> == Notes == {{reflist}} == References== * {{citation |last=Harris |first=H. A. |year=1964 |title=Greek Athletes and Athletics |place=London |publisher=Hutchinson of London |pages=115{{ndash}}6}} * {{citation |last=Poliakoff |first=Michael B. |year=1987 |title=Combat Sports in the Ancient World |place=New Haven |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=}} {{Ancient Greece: Arts and Culture}} [[Category:Ancient sportspeople]] [[Category:5th-century BC births]] [[Category:5th-century BC deaths]] [[Category:Ancient Greeks]]