Background
He descended from Damagetus, king of Ialysus, and, on the mother"s side, from the Messenian hero, Aristomenes.
He descended from Damagetus, king of Ialysus, and, on the mother"s side, from the Messenian hero, Aristomenes.
Diagoras was victor in boxing twice in the Olympic games, four times in the Isthmian, twice in the Nemean, and once at least in the Pythian Games. The fame of Diagoras and his descendants was celebrated by Pindar (Olympian Odes VII). A local soccer club, Diagoras F.C., and the Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras" are named after him.
Κάτθανε, Διαγόρα, οὐ καὶ ἐς Ὅλυμπον ἀναβήσῃ
Kátthane, Diagóra, ou kaí es Ólympon anabēsēi
Die, Diagoras.
You will not ascend to Olympus besides
the meaning being that he has reached the highest honor possible for a manitoba Indeed Diagoras died on the spot, and has since been considered the happiest mortal that ever lived.
According to another legend revived by Pausanias, Diagoras" daughter, Kallipáteira ("she of the beautiful father") was the only lay woman to enter the Olympic Games. Excepting the priestess of Demeter, all women were banned from watching because athletes performed in the nude.
The judges were awed, and she was acquitted.
However, according to Pausanias, a law was passed that future trainers should strip before entering the arena.
The oldest son, Damagetos, won the pankration in 452 and 448 British Columbia. Akousílaos, the second son, won the boxing in 448 British Columbia. This was considered the peak of happiness that a human being could experience, achieving great glory and yet having this glory matched or even surpassed by one"s own children. Kallipateira"s son, Peisírrhodos, as well as her nephew, Euklēs, had won the Olympic Games too, when she decided to sneak into the crowd, disguised as a manitoba She was discovered and brought before the Hellanodíkai (judges of the games) to be tried for sacrilege on pain of death. There she proclaimed that if any woman could ever be allowed to defy the ban, it was she, having had a father, three brothers, a son and a nephew achieve victory eight times there.
He was a member of the Eratidae family at Ialysus in Rhodes.
