Note 615 — Chapter XVII · THE PENTATHLON
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Epigram of Simonides on Diophon—
Ἴσθμια καὶ Πυθοῖ Διοφῶν ὁ Φίλωνος ἐνίκα
ἅλμα, ποδωκείην, δίσκον, ἄκοντα, πάλην.
Epigram quoted by Eustathius, Il. Ψ 621, p. 1320—
ἅλμα ποδῶν δίσκου τε βολὴ καὶ ἄκοντος ἐρωὴ
καὶ δρόμος ἤδε πάλη· μία δ’ ἔπλετο πᾶσι τελευτή.
cp. Epigram of Lucilius, Anth. Pal. xi. 84; Philostratus, Gym. 3, 11, 31, 55; Artemidorus, Oneir. i. 55; and numerous scholia.