Friday, March 27, 2020

Timanthes of Cleonae

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'''Timanthes of Cleonae''' () was an ancient victor of the [[Pankration]] from [[Cleonae (Argolis)|Cleonae]].<ref name="suda">[https://ift.tt/3anuUvm Suda, § tau.593]</ref><ref name="Pausanias">[https://ift.tt/2WPB7MI Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.8.4]</ref>
A statue of him was created by [[Myron]].<ref name="Pausanias"/>

Ancient sources wrote that when he retired from athletics he continued to test his strength by drawing a great bow every day. His practice with the bow was interrupted during a period when he was away from home. When he returned, he was no longer able to bend the bow. Because of that he lit a fire and threw himself alive into it.<ref name="suda"/><ref name="Pausanias"/>
[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] wrote that according to him this should be regarded as an act of madness rather than of courage.<ref name="Pausanias"/> [[Suda]] also wrote what Pausanias believed.<ref name="suda"/>

==References==



[[Category:Ancient Olympic competitors]]
[[Category:Pankratiasts]]
[[Category:Deaths from fire]]




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