It's not Thasos, but according to Pausanias, an athlete from this city called Kleitomachus (KLI-toh-MACK-us) won pankration (pan-KRA-tee-on), boxing, and wrestling at the Isthmian Games. Forces from h
It's not Thasos, but according to Pausanias, an athlete from this city called Kleitomachus (KLI-toh-MACK-us) won pankration (pan-KRA-tee-on), boxing, and wrestling at the Isthmian Games. Forces from here were victorious after the enemy, lacking distinctive shields, turned on each other in an early case of friendly fire, resulting in a victory for Pagondas (puh-GONE-duss) at the Battle of Delium. This city's tension with Athens grew after Athens declared support for its regional rival (*) Plataea. As a result, this city sided with Sparta during the Peloponnesian War, but later defeated them with an oblique formation at the battles of Tegyra (tuh-JEE-ruh) and Leuctra (LEWK-truh) under a leader who later died at Mantinea (MAN-tin-AY-uh). At the battle of Chaeronea (CARE-oh-NAY-uh), Philip II of Macedon, a former prisoner in this city, defeated its elite unit of 300 gay lovers, the Sacred Band. For 10 points, name this Greek city once led by Epaminondas (EPP-uh-min-NON-dus), a frequent leader of the Boeotian League, which according to legend, was founded by Cadmus.
It's not Thasos, but according to Pausanias, an athlete from this city called Kleitomachus (KLI-toh-MACK-us) won pankration (pan-KRA-tee-on), boxing, and wrestling at the Isthmian Games.
Thebes