Antiochus of Arcadia
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The ancient writer Xenophon wrote that this Antiochus had conquered the ancient fighting competition called the pankration; and the historian Pausanias informs us that Antiochus, the pancratiast, was a native of Lepreum, and that he won in this contest once in the Olympic games, twice in the Nemean Games, and twice in the Isthmian Games.[2] His statue was made by Nicodamus. Lepreum was claimed by the Arcadians as one of their towns, whence Xenophon calls Antiochus an Arcadian; but it is more usually reckoned as belonging to Elis.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Antiochus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 192.
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