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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 230,818 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Theagenes of Thasos is the 44th most popular athlete (up from 5,465th in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 337th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Theagenes of Thasos ranks 44 out of 3,059Before him are Vasily Alekseyev, Coroebus of Elis, Ivan Patzaichin, Tommie Smith, Mark Phillips, and Jānis Lūsis. After him are Alberto Juantorena, Peter Norman, Valeriy Brumel, Ellery Harding Clark, Ville Ritola, and Sebastian Coe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Theagenes of Thasos ranks 42Before him are Pharnabazus II, Cleombrotus I, Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, Hermocrates, Diagoras of Rhodes, and Perictione. After him are Callicratidas, Corax of Syracuse, Agatharchus, Telesilla, Cebes, and Hippo. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Theagenes of Thasos ranks 25Before him are Anytus, Ageladas, Xanthippus, Antenor, Scylax of Caryanda, and Acusilaus. After him are Democedes, Corax of Syracuse, Artaphernes, Agoracritus, Artabazos I of Phrygia, and Titus Lartius.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Theagenes of Thasos ranks 362 out of 936Before him are Peithon (-355), Eucleidas (-201), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Acusilaus (-600), Alexandros Panagoulis (1939), and Demophon of Athens (null). After him are Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), Polemon (-400), Callicratidas (-500), Dexippus (210), Miltiades the Elder (-600), and Theopompus of Sparta (-800).

Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Theagenes of Thasos ranks 4Before him are Spyridon Louis (1873), Leonidas of Rhodes (-200), and Coroebus of Elis (-800). After him are Stamata Revithi (1866), Charilaos Vasilakos (1877), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Evangelos Damaskos (1801), Dimitrios Golemis (1874), Yiannis Kouros (1956), Georgios Papasideris (1875), and Ioannis Theodoropoulos (1900).