Philinus of Cos (Greek: Φιλῖνος ὁ Κῷος; 3rd century BC), son of Hegepolis, was an ancient Greek athlete and five times Olympic winner.[1]
Career
He was a five-times Olympic winner in the stadion and diaulos running races (akin to the 200m and 400m sprints of modern Olympics).
From then he reigned for over a decade in the stadia of Ancient Greece. In the 129th Olympiad in 264 BC he won in both the stadion and the diaulos; he repeated the feat at the 130th Olympiad in 260 BC where he also won in both the stadion and the diaulos. According to Mark Golden, his fifth victory may have the diaulos in 256 BC. Besides the Olympic games he had a total of 11 wins in the Isthmian games, four wins at the Pythian games, and another four wins at the Nemean games.[1] In total he was victorious 24 times.
Literary mention
He appears in a poem by Theocritus, and is also mentioned by the geographer Pausanias and Eusebius.[2]
Notes
Mark Golden, (2004), Sport in the ancient world from A to Z, page 133. Routledge
Theocritus, ii. 115; Pausanias, vi. 17.2; Eusebius, Chronicon, i. 207
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Ancient Olympic Games
General
Archaeological Museum of Olympia Ancient Greek Olympic festivals Hellanodikai Stadium at Olympia
Sports
Foot races
Diaulos Dolichos Hoplitodromos Stadion
Horse races
Apene Chariot of polos Decapolon Kalpe Keles Perfect chariot Polos Synoris Synoris of polos Tethrippon Tethrippon of polos
Combat
Boxing Pankration Wrestling
Special
Herald and Trumpet contest Pentathlon
Winners
Acanthus of SpartaAgasias of ArcadiaAgesarchus of TritaeaAlcibiades of AthensAlexander I of MacedonAnaxilas of MesseniaAratus of SicyonArchelaus I of MacedonArrhichion of PhigaliaArsinoe IIAstylos of CrotonBerenice I of EgyptBilisticheChaeron of PelleneChilon of PatrasChionis of SpartaCimon CoalemosCoroebus of ElisCylon of AthensCynisca of SpartaDamarchusDemaratus of SpartaDesmon of CorinthDiagoras of RhodesDiocles of CorinthErgoteles of HimeraEuryleonisHerodorus of MegaraHiero I of SyracuseHypenus of ElisHysmon of ElisIccus of TarantoLeonidas of RhodesLeophronMilo of CrotonNero Caesar AugustusOebotas of DymeOnomastus of SmyrnaOrsippus of MegaraPeisistratos of AthensPhanas of PellenePhilinus of CosPhilip II of MacedonPhilippus of CrotonPhrynon of AthensPolydamas of SkotoussaPythagoras of LaconiaPythagoras of SamosSostratus of PelleneTheagenes of ThasosTheron of AcragasTiberius Caesar AugustusTimasitheus of DelphiTroilus of ElisVarazdat of ArmeniaXenophon of AegiumXenophon of Corinth
Lists of winners
Ancient Olympic victors Stadion race Archaic period Classical period Hellenistic period Roman period
Greeks:
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N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
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