Philinus of Cos (athlete)

For the physician, see Philinus of Cos.

Philinus of Cos (Greek: Φιλῖνος; 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). His first victory came during the 128th Olympiad in 268 BC where, at the age of 14, he won the stadion race.

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. 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

1 2 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

Ancient Olympic Games

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 Sparta Agasias of Arcadia Agesarchus of Tritaea Alcibiades of Athens Alexander I of Macedon Anaxilas of Messenia Aratus of Sicyon Archelaus I of Macedon Arrhichion of Phigalia Arsinoe II Astylos of Croton Berenice I of Egypt Bilistiche Chaeron of Pellene Chilon of Patras Chionis of Sparta Cimon Coalemos Coroebus of Elis Cylon of Athens Cynisca of Sparta Damarchus Damasias of Amphipolis Demaratus of Sparta Desmon of Corinth Diagoras of Rhodes Diocles of Corinth Diocles of Messenia Diognetus of Croton Ergoteles of Himera Eurycles of Laconia Euryleonis Herodorus of Megara Hiero I of Syracuse Hypenus of Elis Hysmon of Elis Iccus of Taranto Isomachus of Croton Leonidas of Rhodes Leophron Lycinus of Croton Lycotas of Laconia Milo of Croton Nero Caesar Augustus Oebotas of Dyme Onomastus of Smyrna Orsippus of Megara Peisistratos of Athens Phanas of Pellene Philinus of Cos Philip II of Macedon Philippus of Croton Phrynon of Athens Polydamas of Skotoussa Pythagoras of Laconia Pythagoras of Samos Sostratus of Pellene Theagenes of Thasos Theron of Acragas Tiberius Caesar Augustus Timasitheus of Delphi Troilus of Elis Varazdat of Armenia Xenocles of Messenia Xenophon of Aegium Xenophon of Corinth

Lists of winners	Ancient Olympic victors Stadion race Archaic period Classical period Hellenistic period Roman period

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