Ἀρραχίων, ὁ Παγκρατιαστὴς ἀπὸ τὴν Φιγάλεια ποὺ κέρδισε τοὺς Ὀλύμπιους Ἀγῶνες νεκρός!
Ἀρραχίων, ὁ Παγκρατιαστὴς ποὺ κέρδισε τοὺς Ὀλυμπιακοὺς ἀγῶνες νεκρός! Arrachion or Arrichion of Phigaleia. He died while successfully defending his championship in the pankration at the 54th Olympiad (564 BC). Arrhichion has been described as “the most famous of all pankratiasts” Ὁ Ἀρραχίων ἀπὸ τὴν Φιγάλεια θεωρεῖται σήμερα ἴσως ὁ πιὸ γνωστὸς Ὀλυμπιανίκης τοῦ ἀρχαίου […]
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