Cylon was a champion in a footrace known as the Diaulos
in the ancient Olympic games around 640 BC.
C.) there was a two staduim's lengths running race, so called diaulos (dromos with a turn, 384,5m), and dolichos, a long-distance race (7-24 stadium's lengths, 1346 4615m).
After the introducing of hoplitodromos, the 3rd sprint discipline, there could come into existence a honorary degree triastes (triple winner), awarded to triple winners (dromos, diaulos, hoplitodromos) of one Games in Olympia.
Leonidas was the winner of the 154th, 155th, 156th and 157th Games in Olympia in dromos, diaulos and hoplitodromos and each time in one day.
A violent and possibly erotic image, she stands her ground with legs spread wide apart as she holds up the victim to a heavily cloaked diaulos
In the Chios inscription (CIG 2214 = SIG 959), we read about competitions between different age levels of boys in rhapsoidia, as well as anagnosis, kitharismos (kitharisis), and psalmos (harpplaying), not to mention more physical exercises like the diaulos
. Following Boeckh, Dittenberger in his commentary relates this description of events to the inscription from Teos (CIG 3088 = SIG 960nl), which li sts many of the same competitive events but also mentions an event called hypoboles antapodoseos for the older age-set of boys (helikia).
So far as the sports component went, there were by then nine main events, all for male competitors only: the stadion or one-lap sprint (about 200 metres); diaulos
or 400 metres; dolichos or `long' distance (24 laps); pentathlon; boxing; four-horse chariot race; pankration; horse race; and race-in-armour.