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Acanthus of Sparta

Olympic athlete
Acanthus the Lacedaemonian, was the victor in two footrace events, the diaulos and dolichos, in the Olympic Games of 720 BC. He was also, according to some accounts, the first who ran naked in these games. Other accounts ascribe this to Orsippus... Wikipedia
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