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Theagenes of Thasos
Theagenes was born in Thasos around 500 BC and was meant to become one of the most dominant and famous competitive fighters that ever lived. Renowned for his extraordinary strength and swiftness, he gained numerous victories at the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian games. Altogether he was said to have won 1300 crowns. Some, impressed by his amazing athletic accomplishments, even believed that he wasn’t a mortal, but the son of a god. Following his death, the people of Thasos memorialized Theagenes with a bronze statue. Allegedly, a man who never won a match against Theagenes came every night to the statue and beat it. One night, the statue came loose, fell on the angry opponent, and killed him. His sons prosecuted the statue for murder, a perfectly reasonable action under Greek law. The Thasians dropped the guilty statue of Theagenes into the ocean, presumably settling the matter. In later years, famine and plague struck Thasos, and the people sought the advice of the oracle. The priestess replied that they had forgotten the great Theagenes. So some fishermen retrieved the statue of the athlete, the people of Thasos repositioned the statue in its original place, and they sacrificed to him as a healing god afterwards.
Game: Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Theagenes of Thasos
Theagenes was born in Thasos around 500 BC and was meant to become one of the most dominant and famous competitive fighters that ever lived. Renowned for his extraordinary strength and swiftness, he gained numerous victories at the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian games. Altogether he was said to have won 1300 crowns. Some, impressed by his amazing athletic accomplishments, even believed that he wasn’t a mortal, but the son of a god. Following his death, the people of Thasos memorialized Theagenes with a bronze statue. Allegedly, a man who never won a match against Theagenes came every night to the statue and beat it. One night, the statue came loose, fell on the angry opponent, and killed him. His sons prosecuted the statue for murder, a perfectly reasonable action under Greek law. The Thasians dropped the guilty statue of Theagenes into the ocean, presumably settling the matter. In later years, famine and plague struck Thasos, and the people sought the advice of the oracle. The priestess replied that they had forgotten the great Theagenes. So some fishermen retrieved the statue of the athlete, the people of Thasos repositioned the statue in its original place, and they sacrificed to him as a healing god afterwards.
Game: Assassin's Creed Odyssey