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	Kyniska
		Kyniska was the daughter of the Spartan king Archidamus[?].
		In 396 BC she became the first woman to win an event at the Olympic Games.
		She wins for a second Olympic victory in BC, and many other women including the famous Lacedaemonian, win Olympic competitions thereafter.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ky/Kyniska.html (68 words)

	396 BC
		Kyniska is the first woman to win a victory in the Olympic Games.
		Carthaginians are forced to abandon their siege of Syracuse (begun in 398 BC, but destroy Messina.
		Kyniska, the daughter Archidamus II, becomes the first woman to win an event at the Olympic Games
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/3/39/396_bc.html (186 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		Kyniska, daughter of King Archidamos of Sparta, was the first woman to be listed as an Olympic victor in Antiquity.
		Her chariot won in the four-horse chariot race in the 96th and 97th Olympiads, (396 B.C. and 392 B.C. respectively).
		In the Olympic Games, it was forbidden for women to be present and Kyniska broke with tradition, since, in the equestrian events, the victory wreath, or kotinos, was won by the owner, not the rider, of the horse.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/ancient/athletes_uk.asp (524 words)

	Channel 4 - History - The Spartans
		The most famous example was Kyniska, a Spartan princess and, in her day, a sporting legend.
		Kyniska means 'little hound', and she was obviously a tomboy from a sporty family.
		But it would be Kyniska who would go down in history as the owner of a champion chariot team.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/H/history/n-s/spartans2.html (5380 words)

	Kyniska: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		When a person dies, hearing is usually the last sense to go.
		...Kyniska Kyniska Kyniska was the daughter of the Spartan king Archidamus...
		Post a link to definition / meaning of " Kyniska " on your site.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ky/Kyniska.html (128 words)

	Νέα σελίδα 1
		Some years after Kyniska’s exploits, Xenophon claimed that it was her brother Agesilaos who prompted Kyniska to enter the tethrippon race at the Olympic hippodrome with the argument that ‘victory marks a person of wealth rather than merit’ [Ages.
		In other words, Agesilaos wanted to prove to Kyniska that victory at the horse games largely depends on the horse’s value and the fortune of the owner, but not the skills of the rider or driver.
		Celebrating her horse team’s triumphs, Kyniska built no less than two bronze statues at Olympia not far from the statue of Theagenes of Thasos.
	www.musesnet.gr /~antikas/chapter6.htm (3902 words)

	Kyniska was the daughter of the Sparta Spartan king Archidamus... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kyniska was the daughter of the Sparta Spartan king Archidamus...
		"Kyniska" was the daughter of the Sparta Spartan king Archidamus II Archidamus II.
		In 396 BC 396 BC she became the first woman to win an event at the Olympic Games Olympic Games.
	www.biodatabase.de /Kyniska (108 words)

	Faculty, Department of Classics, University of Maryland
		She was extremely ambitious to enter the competition at Olympia, and was the first woman to breed horses and the first woman to win an Olympic victory.
		Other women, especially Lakedaimonian women, won Olympic victories after Kyniska, but none is so famous as she.
		Kyniska, victorious at the chariot race with her swift-footed horses, erected this status.
	www.classics.umd.edu /Latinday/index.html (2177 words)

	Youngdodger60: July 2006
		It was for a women in sport project and based on Kyniska
		In the Olympic Games, it was forbidden for women to be present and Kyniska broke with tradition.
		With Freedom on the March in the Middle East, Scrutiny Hooligans bring you an interesting pair of news stories.
	youngdodger60.blogspot.com /2006_07_01_youngdodger60_archive.html (1217 words)

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		Those citizens who have won the athletic competitions at Olympia or Delphi or Isthmia or Nemea shall have a free meal everyday for the rest of their lives in the prytaneion and other honours as well.
		Kyniska, who won in the horse race [...] set up her statue (396 BC).
		I stand witness that she is the only woman in Greece who won this crown.
	www2.fhw.gr /olympics/ancient/en/source.html (658 words)

	Olympic Victors
		Leonidas of Rhodes was the only ancient Greek athlete to accomplish the impossible feat, winning four consecutive Olympiads in three events, the diaulos, the stadion and the race in armour (164, 160, 156, 152 BC).
		Kyniska, daughter of king Archidamus of Sparta, was the first woman to breed horses and the first one to win two Olympic victories in Tethrippon (four horses chariot race in 396, 392 BC).
		Herodoros of Megara won nine successive Olympiads in the trumpeter's competition (328 - 296 BC).
	www.sikyon.com /Olympia/athletestories_eg.html (1406 words)

	HarlemLIVE ™: Internet Publication by Youth of NYC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A Spartian princess grew tired of competing against females and demanded that she be allowed to participate in the male games.
		Not wanting to insult royalty, officials allowed princess Kyniska to compete in the chariot races.
		To the males despair she won the entire chariot event, but she not allowed to receive her prize.
	www.harlemlive.org /sports/Women_Sports/women_sports.html (802 words)

	The Ancient Olympics
		Although they could not compete or even attend the games, married women could be Olympic victors.
		Victorious at the tethrippon, Kyniska proclaimed that she was the only woman to earn this victory.
		She owned horses that ran in the race and won.
	ablemedia.com /ctcweb/consortium/ancientolympics8.html (607 words)

	3rd EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF WOMEN ON SPORT
		I would like to remind you that a priestess of the goddess Demeter used to sit on an altar of white marble and supervise the Olympic Games.
		Following the example of Kallipateira, Kyniska was the first woman who raised horses and won a race in the Olympic Games.
		After Kyniska, Spartan women won victories at Olympia.
	www.sport.gov.gr /2/2z/2z01/2z012/e2z01204.html (2198 words)

	DM 018 Newsletter
		The only other death was another veteran, KYNISKA, falling to the blade of WANDERING STAR, the 'big crappy basher' who might also be described as bloodthirsty.
		As for the warrior who dubiously was awarded the most challenges this turn, we again see LE PAIN DLG holding that particular title.
		KYNISKA was slaughtered by WANDERING STAR in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
	www.reality.com /duel2/modules/Newsletters/a018t490.htm (2607 words)

	Sparta Revisited - Spartan Novel Excerpts
		Kyniska and Leonis' aunt bathed the bride in water scented with crushed rosemary.
		"I hadn't realised it was that late!" Kyniska exclaimed surprised.
		"You don't think that the Tegeans could have attacked the city?" Kyniska asked in distress, and then without waiting for an answer, declared: "I must get back to my babies!" Forgetting her shawl, she rushed down the street in the opposite direction of the last men still responding to the howling of the pipes.
	www.elysiumgates.com /~helena/excerpts.html (1723 words)

	Atlanta shares connection with first female athlete - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The history of women standing up and going head to head with men is very interesting, since stereotypes portray women as being less valuable or competent than men.
		The first female Olympic champion was Princess Kyniska of Sparta in 396 B.C., when she won the chariot race.
		Although she was the winner of the race, Kyniska was barred from receiving her prize in person.
	www.ksusentinel.com /news/2003/03/05/Sports/Atlanta.Shares.Connection.With.First.Female.Athlete-386251.shtml (527 words)

	The Hindu : The games glorious
		A four- horse chariot race was popular in those Games.
		Kyniska of Sparta was the first woman winner in 396 BC.
		Leonidas from Rhodes won 12 championships for running from 164 BC to 152 BC.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/2000/09/09/stories/13091101.htm (1750 words)

	Will female athletes ever beat their male counterparts? - Popular Science
		She was caught, and officials then instituted sex tests to exclude women.
		But in 396 B.C. Princess Kyniska of Sparta became the first female champion, in chariot racing, much to the chagrin of her male competitors.
		Women found their way into the Olympics four years later in golf and tennis, but when it comes to most endurance sports, "women haven't even had 20 years to learn training techniques and to develop appropriate equipment," says Callahan.
	www.popsci.com /popsci/medicine/d9e0c4522fa84010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html (527 words)

	Fiche de kyniska - Le bOOst de Nantes
		En devenant bOOster, vous pourrez envoyer un message privé à kyniska !
		kyniska alias Kyni alias kyniméro alias kyniléon alias Kuni alias Grognasse alias Mc Kuni alias Canicheska tête de tigre...
		Apprenez à connaitre kyniska à travers ses opinions !
	www.leboost.com /booster-4521-kyniska.htm (257 words)

	Pindar, Odes Background 1
		The first to do so was the Spartan princesss Kyniska, who won victories in 396 and 392 bce:
		Archidamus [king of Sparta] had also a daughter, whose name was Kyniska; she was exceedingly ambitious to succeed at the Olympic games, and was the first woman to breed horses and the first to win an Olympic victory.
		After Kyniska other women, especially women of Lacedaemon, have won Olympic victories, but none of them was more distinguished for their victories than she (Pausanias III.8.1).
	mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /wescourses/2003s/cciv110/01/draft/Background/background.pindar1.html (4073 words)

	ìAn Olympic Victory Must Not Be Boughtî:
		The first, and the most renowned, of the women to have won a crown at
		was Kyniska, sister of the Spartan King Agesilaos.
		This victory (either in one or in two separate Olympic cycles) seems to have taken place in the 390s BCE, and it is recorded in several-though contradictory-sources.
	www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/05mtg/abstracts/perryj.html (498 words)

	Very Green
		After death Theagenes' statue was worshipped for its healing powers.
		Kyniska was the first woman to breed horses and the first woman to win an Olympic victory.
		Aristomache, also a female, won twice at epic poetry in at the Isthmian games.
	members.aol.com /dragonessdna/index10.html (262 words)

	Twisted History: The Olympics quiz -- free game
		Between 300 B.C and 120 A.D, the Boudican games were the oldest, and were held in honour of Boudicca's greatness.
		From 490 - 396 B.C, the Sparta games (held by Princess Kyniska) were the earliest games.
		A Maori version of the games, called the Rungan Arii are the earliest known, stretching from 1100 B.C until 13 A.D, when the Maoris left their Polynesians homes.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz/quiz21612418bf128.html (1454 words)

	Town of Sparta
		Man to man they fight in the way I have described, but in the mellay they charge violently and push one another into the water.
		[XV.] At the Platananista there is also a hero-shrine of Kyniska, daughter of Archidamos, king of the Spartans.
		She was the first woman to breed horses, and the first to win a chariot race at Olympia.
	www.csun.edu /~hcfll004/townsparta.html (6481 words)

	Bide-A-Wee : Happy Tails (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		August, 2006: We found Kyniska (a pointer mix) in April '05 on Petfinder, and she has been such a joy.
		Her super personality showed through the demodex mange and malnourishment.
		She is a sweet cuddly girl and a perfect companion for Kyniska, as you can see.
	www.bideawee.org /happytails.asp?page=a-z&link=c (251 words)

	Two Geeks' Guide to Sports
		When Kallipateira sneaks into the Olympic Games in 440BC men are forced to devise the first sex test to keep women out.
		Things change with time and in 396 Princess Kyniska of Sparta becomes the first female Olympic champion, winning the chariot race and passing her sex test.
		In France in 1424 Madame Margot outplays Parisian men at jeu de paume, an early version of tennis, and possibly beginning the battle of the sexes which will later pit Bobby Riggs against Billie Jean King.
	members.aol.com /siege1k/sports.htm (836 words)

	News-Sentinel
		One such effort saw female athlete Kallipateira sneak into the Olympics, which led men to devise a sex test to keep out women.
		Greek men finally relented, and in 396 B.C., Princess Kyniska of Sparta was the first female Olympic champion by virtue of her win in a chariot race.
		Although women had proved themselves in ancient times, when the first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896, no women were allowed to compete.
	jordan.fortwayne.com /ns/projects/title9/title91.php (1339 words)

	Kyniska * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		Kyniska * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		Cut and paste the following text for use in a paper or electronic document report.
		"People, Places and Things: Kyniska", Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant.
	www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Kyniska_1.html (265 words)

	Proceedings: Svinth 2003, GSJSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Also, stories about Amazon mastectomies are likely owed to Hellenistic stage tradition rather than actual practice: Hellenistic actors traditionally bared their right breasts to show that they were playing unmarried females.
		396 BCE: A Spartan princess named Kyniska becomes the first woman to win the chariot racing events at Olympia.
		While Plutarch wrote that Kyniska personally drove the winning chariot, most other ancient sources suggest that she was the owner of those horses rather than their driver.
	www.ejmas.com /proceedings/GSJSA03svinth.htm (6960 words)

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