What is Acanthus (Spartan)?
{{no sources|date=January 2025}} {{orphan|date=January 2025}} '''Acanthus the Lacedaemonian''', was the winner in two [[footrace]] events, the [[diaulos]] and [[dolichos]], in the [[ancient Olympic Games]] of 720 BC. He was also, according to some accounts, the first who ran naked in these games. Other accounts give credit to [[Orsippus the Megarian]] as the first to have done this. [[Category:Olympians]] [[Category:Ancient Greeks]] [[Category:Ancient sportspeople]] {{sports-bio-stub}}