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πενταέθλῳ: The memorial verses of Simonides run: Ἴσθμια καὶ Πυθοῖ Διοφῶν Φίλωνος ἐνίκα | (1) ἅλμα, (2) ποδωκείην, (3) δίσκον, (4) ἄκοντα, (5) πάλην. See a long discussion of the πένταθλον in Fennell's ed. of the Nemean and Isthmian odes IX.-XX.


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