Cynisca

Cynisca in Wikipedia

Cynisca (Greek: Κυνίσκα) (born c.440 BC) was a Greek princess of Sparta. She became the first woman in history to win at the ancient Olympic Games. Early life Cynisca was born in 440 BC in the ancient Greek city of Sparta and was the daughter of the Eurypontid king of Sparta, Archidamus II, and Eupoleia. She was also the sister of the later king o...

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Cynisca in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Κυνίσκα). A daughter of Archidamus, king of Sparta, who was the first woman that ever turned her attention to the training of steeds, and the first that obtained a prize at the Olympic Games (Pausan. iii. 8)....

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