Sotades of Crete

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This article is about the Cretan runner. For the 3rd-century BC poet, see Sotades.

Sotades of Crete was an ancient Olympic runner.

Career[]

Winner in the long distance race, the dolichos of 384 BC.

Afterwards Sotades was bribed by the Ephesians to be proclaimed as a citizen of Ephesos (Ephesus) and was subsequently exiled by the Cretans.

Sotades competed again as a citizen of Ephesus in 380 BC.

References[]

  • Pausanias 6.18.6; A 227
  • Sport and spectacle in the ancient world by Donald G. Kyle. Page 131. ISBN 0-631-22971-X
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