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Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals

Note 191 — Chapter VI · PROFESSIONALISM AND SPECIALIZATION, 440-338 B.C.

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Lysias, Olympiakos; Dionys. Hal. Jud. de Lysia, p. 519; Diodor. xiv. 109. A similar tale is narrated by Aelian of Themistocles, who is said to have urged the Greeks in 476 not to allow Hieron of Syracuse to compete, on the ground that he had not shared in the dangers of Greece. Ael. V.H. 9. 5.

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