Apollodorus (runner)
Apollodorus (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος; fl. 1st century AD) was an ancient Macedonian runner who, after winning in Olympics, was killed by lightning on his way back home. He is commemorated by Antipater of Thessalonica in the below epigram (Greek Anthology 7.390):
Κυλλήνην ὄρος Ἀρκάδων ἀκούεις· |
You know Cyllene the Arcadian mountain; |
Every year the Race of Apollodoros (Greek: Δρόμος Απολλοδώρου) is organized in modern Aiani and Veria (Greece).
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- 1st-century deaths
- Ancient Greek runners
- Ancient Macedonian athletes
- Roman-era Olympic competitors
- 1st-century Greek people
- Roman-era Macedonians
- Deaths from lightning strikes