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Encyclopedia > Kyniska

Kyniska was the daughter of the Spartan king Archidamus II. In 396 BC she became the first woman to win an event at the Olympic Games. It is said that she was the first woman to breed horses and that she invented the sport of horse racing.


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Kyniska (68 words)
Kyniska was the daughter of the Spartan king Archidamus[?].
In 396 BC she became the first woman to win an event at the Olympic Games.
She wins for a second Olympic victory in BC, and many other women including the famous Lacedaemonian, win Olympic competitions thereafter.
396 BC (186 words)
Kyniska is the first woman to win a victory in the Olympic Games.
Carthaginians are forced to abandon their siege of Syracuse (begun in 398 BC, but destroy Messina.
Kyniska, the daughter Archidamus II, becomes the first woman to win an event at the Olympic Games
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