Category:Cynisca of Sparta

**Cynisca**
	Spartan princess (born 442 BC)
	Upload media
	Wikipedia
Name in native language	Κυνίσκα;
Date of birth	440 BC; Sparta
Date of death	4th century BC (presumably); Sparta
Place of burial	Heroon of Kyniska at Sparta;
Country of citizenship	Sparta;
Occupation	sportswoman;
Noble title	princess;
Family	Eurypontids;
Father	Archidamus II;
Mother	Eupolia;
Sibling	Teleutias; Agis II; Agesilaus II;
Award received	Olympic victor, tethrippon (4-horse chariot) (396 BC); Olympic victor, tethrippon (4-horse chariot) (392 BC);
Authority file
	Q267195; Olympedia people ID: 2800511
	Reasonator; Scholia; Wikidocumentaries; PetScan; statistics; WikiMap; Locator tool; KML file; Search depicted;

English: Kyniska, Spartan royal family, raised chariot horses, but was not allowed to attend the Olympic games because she was female. Her chariot driven by a male won the τέθριππον event, "four-horse (chariot race)," in 396 and 392 BC, 97th and 96th Olympiads respectively in which she as owner placed first. She was over 40 at the time. The base of the statue she erected to herself at Olympia claiming to be the "first" female victor probably refers to the 396 BC victory, which is more "first" than the other. Only the base survives. Compared to the documented facts, the legend is entirely modern.

Subcategories

This category has only the following subcategory.

C

Cyniska victory inscription, Olympia (3 F)

Media in category "Cynisca of Sparta"

This category contains only the following file.

Cynisca by Sophie de Renneville.jpg 386 × 564; 224 KB

Category:Cynisca of Sparta

Subcategories

C

Media in category "Cynisca of Sparta"

Navigation menu

Search