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Theagenes of Thasos

500 BC - 500 BC

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Theagenes of Thasos (Greek: Θεαγένης ὁ Θάσιος) (typically spelled Theogenes (Greek: Θεογένης) before the first century AD) was an Olympian of ancient Greece, famous for his victories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theagenes of Thasos has received more than 244,080 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Theagenes of Thasos is the 104th most popular athlete (down from 44th in 2019), the 464th most popular biography from Greece (down from 362nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Theagenes of Thasos ranks 104 out of 6,025. Before him are Dora Ratjen, Frank Jarvis, Viktor Mamatov, Robert Hichens, John Flanagan, and Inese Jaunzeme. After him are Edwin Moses, Gaston Roelants, Volodymyr Holubnychy, Thomas Curtis, Donald Arnold, and Pyotr Bolotnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Theagenes of Thasos ranks 56. Before him are Antalcidas, Calamis, Callimachus, Agoracritus, Metrodorus of Chios, and Hyperbolus. After him are Lamachus, Li Kui, Callicratidas, Timon of Athens, Apollodorus, and Praxilla. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Theagenes of Thasos ranks 35. Before him are Artystone, Artaphernes, Lie Yukou, Titus Lartius, Agoracritus, and Aristodemus of Cumae. After him are Praxilla, Douris, Inaros II, Acusilaus, Euthymides, and Hydarnes.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Theagenes of Thasos ranks 464 out of 1,024. Before him are Clearchus of Sparta (-401), Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1855), Koçi Xoxe (1911), Dorieus (-600), Müezzinzade Ali Pasha (null), and Hyperbolus (-500). After him are Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Lamachus (-500), Ioannis Kolettis (1773), Archidamus V (-250), Callicratidas (-500), and Menedemus (-340).

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Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Theagenes of Thasos ranks 4. Before him are Spyridon Louis (1873), Leonidas of Rhodes (-200), and Coroebus of Elis (-800). After him are Stamata Revithi (1866), Charilaos Vasilakos (1877), Dimitrios Golemis (1874), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Evangelos Damaskos (1801), Archon of Pella (-400), Miltiadis Gouskos (1877), and Yiannis Kouros (1956).

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