Thucydides olympic games

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Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. This text is part of: Greek and Roman Materials. View text chunked by: book : chapter. Table of Contents: Note on the geography of Thucydides. BOOK I chapter 1. BOOK V chapter 1. Current location in this text. Search within book. Subscriber sign in You could not be signed in, please check and try again. Username Please enter your Username. Password Please enter your Password.

Forgot password? You could not be signed in, please check and try again. Sign in with your library card Please enter your library card number. The Clearest Example of Thucydides Pindaricus: 5. If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian. All rights reserved. Powered by: Safari Books Online. Lichas had stealthily sneaked his chariot team into the Olympic Games and they won the event without anyone being the wiser.

When Lichas proudly raced down to course to congratulate his team and crown the charioteer, the spectators and umpires of the games quickly discovered that he was Spartan. In a rage, officials stripped the Spartan team of their victory, instead granting the win to a Boeotian charioteer who had finished in second place. As for Lichas, he was allegedly given an embarrassing punitive beating by the umpires of the chariot race. According to Thucydides, the participants and spectators of the games were now more sure than ever that the Spartans would rally their forces to avenge Lichas.

The Spartans, however, stayed home and no further incidents were reported to have occurred during the games. Picture Attribution: Ancient image of a chariot from the Tomb of the Driver, now housed in a museum in Paestum, Italy. Home Articles Did You Know? Sign in. Log into your account. Forgot your password?