Diocles of Messenia
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Diocles of Messenia was an ancient Greek
athlete from Messenia
who won the stadion race in the seventh Ancient Olympic Games in 752 BC. The stadion race (about 180 meters) was the only competition in the first 13 Olympiads.
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
athlete from Messenia
Messenia
Messenia is a regional unit in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided by the Kallikratis plan, implemented 1 January 2011...
who won the stadion race in the seventh Ancient Olympic Games in 752 BC. The stadion race (about 180 meters) was the only competition in the first 13 Olympiads.