7 Most Celebrated Athletes of The Ancient Olympics

Euryleonis Of Sparta

Euryleonis was a celebrated woman charioteer. She won the two-horse chariot race of the Ancient Olympics in 368 BC. She was a wealthy princess and a passionate horse breeder. Euryleonis was the second female crown-bearer in the Olympic history. Her predecessor, the Spartan Princess Kynisca, had won the four-horse race 24 years earlier. A statue of Euryleonis was erected at Sparta. It is one of few bronze statues that survives anywhere in the Greek world.

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