Cylon, (Greek: Κύλων Kylon) sometimes referred to as Kylon, was an Athenian of the archaic period in ancient Greece, primarily known for the events of the Cylonian Affair, an attempted seizure of power in the city. Cylon, one of the Athenian nobles and a previous victor of the Olympic Games in 640 B.C.E., attempted a coup in either 636 B.C.E. or 632 B.C.E. with support from Megara, where his father-in-law, Theagenes, was tyrant.
Delphi had advised Cylon to seize Athens during a festival of Zeus, which he understood to mean the Olympics, and become the tyrant of the city himself...
County, US CylonofAthens, who attempted a coup in 632 BCE Cylonof Croton, who led a revolt against the Pythagoreans probably around 509 BC Cylon (Battlestar...
daughter to CylonofAthens, a victor in the Olympic Games. Having consulted the Delphic Oracle, Cylon decided to take control ofAthens by seizing the...
268 BC) was Queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy I Soter. She became the second queen, after Eurydice, of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Berenice was...
century, the right of all citizen men to attend the assembly appears to have been established. After a failed coup led by CylonofAthens around 636 BC, Draco...
became a leading power in Greece. The attempted coup by CylonofAthens (who became tyrant ofAthens) may be the earliest event in Athenian history which...
- Atheradas of Laconia 21st Olympiad 696 BC - Pantacles ofAthens - In 692 BC he also won the diaulos. He was the first winner from Athens and the first...
Cylonof Croton was a leading citizen of Croton, Magna Graecia, who led a revolt against the Pythagoreans, probably around 509 BC. According to Iamblichus'...
Chronicon: Olympiads of the Greeks. Schoene-Petermann. pp. 191–220. "Archaic Hellenism". History of Hellenic Nation (in Greek). Vol. 2. Athens Publishing. 1971...
Tellis of Sicyon was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 18th Olympiad (708 BC). He was the...
a Ptolemaic queen and co-regent of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of ancient Egypt. She was given the Egyptian title "King of Upper and Lower Egypt", making her...
(ancient Greek Αντικλής), from Athens, is listed as a victor in the stadion race of the 110th Olympiad (340 BC). Eusebius of Caesarea refers his name as...
Desmon of Corinth was an ancient Greek athlete from Corinth, who won the stadion race of the 14th Ancient Olympic Games in 724 BC. These were the first...
Atheradas of Laconia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 20th Olympiad (700 BC). After...
Ladromus of Laconia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 57th Olympiad (552 BC). He was...
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Astylos of Croton or Astylus of Croton (Ἄστυλος/Ἀστύαλος ὁ Κροτωνιάτης) was an ancient athlete who competed in three successive Olympic Games. In 488...
Micion of Boeotia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 146th Olympiad (196 BC). He appears...
Eurybus ofAthens (Greek: Εὔρυβος Ἀθηναῖος) was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 27th Olympiad...
Gelon of Laconia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 44th Olympiad (604 BC). He was already...
Glycon of Croton was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 48th Olympiad (588 BC). He was the...
Sarapion of Alexandria was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 204th Olympiad (37 AD). He was...
Icarius of Hyperesia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 23rd Olympiad (688 BC). After...
enemy of the local oligarchs. The son-in-law of Theagenes, an Athenian nobleman named Cylon, made an unsuccessful attempt to seize power in Athens in 632...
Epitelidas of Laconia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 50th Olympiad (580 BC). His victory...
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