Cynisca
Born c. 440 BCE
Spartan princess and the first woman to win at the Olympic Games, as owner of a chariot team.
- Known as
- Charioteer
- Category
- Athletes
- Born
- c. 440 BCE, Sparta
- Died
- Year unknown, Sparta
Alive at the same time as Cynisca
- Sophocles c. 497–c. 406 BCE, playwright
- Protagoras c. 490–c. 420 BCE, philosopher
- Euripides c. 480–c. 406 BCE, playwright
- Aspasia c. 470–c. 400 BCE, political figure
- Mozi c. 470–c. 391 BCE, philosopher
- Socrates c. 470–399 BCE, philosopher
- Democritus c. 460–c. 370 BCE, philosopher
- Hippocrates c. 460–c. 370 BCE, physician
- Thucydides c. 460–c. 400 BCE, historian
- Alcibiades c. 450–404 BCE, general
- Aristophanes c. 446–c. 386 BCE, playwright
- Pasion c. 430–370 BCE, banker
Portrait: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain.
