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11. Eratosthenes, Olympic Victors 3rd century via Favorinus, Varied History, via Diogenes Laertius, Lives 8.47 “Eratosthenes (according to what Favorinus repor
by thrownblown 2y ago
11. Eratosthenes, Olympic Victors 3rd century
via Favorinus, Varied History, via Diogenes Laertius, Lives 8.47
“Eratosthenes (according to what Favorinus reports in book eight of his
Varied History), said this man [sc. Pythagoras] was the first to box using
technique, in the 48th Olympiad, letting his hair grow long and wearing
a purple robe; after being excluded from the boys’ games and jeered at,
he immediately joined the mens’, and won.”
Olympiad 48: 588 to 584 BCE cf. Eusebius, Chronography, p. 93
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- magicalist 2y agoAccording to wikipedia, at least, that's a different Pythagoras of Samos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras_(boxer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras_(boxer)
- dr_dshiv 2y agoThe reference I gave gives a good reason why it isn’t a different Pythagoras… but, always hard to know for sure… But I tend to think that Pythagoras had an even more incredible life than the legends.
- dr_dshiv 2y ago“was the first to box using technique” Clearly Pythagoras would have sick martial arts moves, if they’d ever make a movie about him.