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		Cynisca (Kyniska - meaning "puppy") was a Spartan princess who was born around 440 BC.
	www.spock.com /Cynisca (149 words)

	Cynisca - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cynisca was a Spartan princess who was born around 440 BCE.
		Cynisca won in the four-horse chariot race in 396 BCE and again in 392 BCE.
		In Olympia, Greece, Cynisca had an inscription written declaring that she was the only female to win the wreath in the chariot events at the Olympic Games.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Cynisca (189 words)

	1862
		The Cynisca, crew of nine men, the Life Boat, crew of nine men, and the Ocean Traveller, crew of ten men, all lost on the Banks.
		The number of lives lost this winter is one hundred and thirty eight, causing seventy widows, and one hundred and forty-seven orphans.
		January - The Cynisca - entire crew of ten men lost
	www.downtosea.com /1851-1875/1862.htm (876 words)

	Detail Page
		Cynisca, a wealthy woman, was the daughter of the Spartan ruler Archidamus and the sister of Agis II, who succeeded her father.
		She was among the first women to breed horses and the first to gain an Olympic victory.
		Cynisca's horses won the four-horse chariot race and two other victories.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=AGRW0170 (131 words)

	Cynisca at AllExperts
		Cynisca (Kyniska - meaning "puppy") was a Spartan princess who was born around 440 BC.
		Cynisca won in the four-horse chariot race in 396 BC and again in 392 BC.
		In the sanctuary of Olympia, Cynisca had an inscription written declaring that she was the only female to win the wreath in the chariot events at the Olympic Games.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/cy/cynisca.htm (337 words)

	Pygmalion Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea
		In this story the sculptor is a married man. His wife, Cynisca, at first encourages his interest in his statue, Galatea.
		Cynisca is away quite a bit and she doesn't want her husband to be bored.
		Under the fire of Cynisca's jealousy, Galatea decides that her original state was happier, and turns back into a statue.
	www.pygmalion.ws /stories/gilbert.htm (156 words)

	Davis and Reagan Families - Person Page 30
		Cynisca Avarilla Martin was born on 14 June 1852 at Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina.
		Cynisca Avarilla Martin married James Harvey Corn, son of Jesse Adam Corn and Jane Russell Cook, on 9 November 1876 at Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina.
		Cynisca Avarilla Martin died on 19 January 1942 at Baker, Baker County, Oregon, at age 89; 19 Jan 1942 is date on original funeral card.
	www.christianreunion.org /family01/davis01/Davis1-p/p30.htm (279 words)

	GirlsCanDo.com
		"Until Cynisca came along, “going for the gold” didn’t mean Olympic endeavor--high-born Spartan women happened to own 40 percent of the real estate in Laconia.
		But being a land baroness bored steely minded Cynisca; she preferred to use her will and wealth to open up the Olympic Games to women.
		Among the Spartans, girls and young women had a longtime tradition of wrestling, running, riding horses, and bathing nude in icy rivers with the boys.
	www.girlscando.com /cgi-bin/cf/cf_change/change_books_more.cfm?id=426 (185 words)

	Pygmalion and Galatea (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bloom probably knows of this through W. Gilbert's play, Pygmalion and Galatea (1871), which played at the Queen's Royal Theatre, Dublin, in November, 1891.· In that play, Pygmalion, a sculptor, is married to a woman named Cynisca, who is jealous of the animated statue, Galatea; after considerable trouble, Galatea voluntarily returns to her original state.
		In Greek mythology, Pygmalion, a sculptor and the king of Cyprus, fell in love with his own handwork, the ivory statue of a maiden.
		Also an 1871 verse play by Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911) (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame), a satire in which Galatea, the statue-come-alive, disrupts the lives of Pygmalion, the sculptor, and his jealous wife, Cynisca (played at the Gaiety Theatre in Nov. 1891).
	www.facstaff.bucknell.edu /rickard/Hypermedia/HTML/pygmalion.html (318 words)

	AMNH Scientific Publications: Item 2246/5181
		"The West African genus Cynisca is reviewed based upon all known specimens from museum collections and recent field collections.
		Specimens come from Sénégal in the west, to the Central African Republic and Gabon in the east.
		The study indicates that the genus includes 16 species, two of which, Cynisca williamsi from Ghana and C. senegalensis from Sénégal, are here described as new.
	digitallibrary.amnh.org /dspace/handle/2246/5181 (139 words)

	Cynisca * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		Cynisca * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
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		"People, Places and Things: Cynisca", Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant.
	www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Cynisca_1.html (265 words)

	Classical E-Text: THEOCRITUS, IDYLLS 12 - 18
		The Love of Cynisca is a dialogue of common life.
		The characters, middle-aged men, one of whom has been crossed in love, meet in the road, and in the ensuing conversation the lover tells the story of his quarrel with Cynisca, and ends with expressing his intention of going for a soldier abroad.
		His friend suggest that he should enlist in the army of Ptolemy, and gives that monarch a flattering testimonial, which betrays the hand of the rising poet who seeks for recognition at court.
	www.theoi.com /Text/TheocritusIdylls3.html (6237 words)

	Pygmalion — FactMonster.com
		Or care to clasp a statue in their arms.
		In Gilbert's comedy of Pygmalion and Galatea, the sculptor is a married man, whose wife (Cynisca) was jealous of the animated statue (Galatea), which, after enduring great misery, voluntarily returned to its original state.
		This, of course, is mixing up two Pygmalions, wide as the poles apart.
	www.factmonster.com /dictionary/brewers/pygmalion.html (215 words)

	Agesilaus II, King of Sparta: Part 2/3
		When Agesilaus arrived back in Sparta after the battle of Coronea (394), he gained in popularity by quickly settling back into the Spartan way of life rather than adopting any foreign mannerisms.
		He did persuade his sister Cynisca to enter a team for the chariot race in the Olympics, the first time a woman had done so - and she won.
		Agesilaus said that this proved that anyone could win in the Olympics if they had enough money.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/ancient_biographies/110142 (460 words)

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