Cynisca

Cynisca

(Κυνίσκα). A daughter of Archidamus, king of Sparta, who was the first woman that ever turned her attention to the training of steeds, and the first that obtained a prize at the Olympic Games (Pausan. iii. 8).

Cynisca Cynisca, daughter of king Archidamus

• Paus. 3.8.1, Paus. 3.15.1, Paus. 6.1.6
• first woman to breed horses and win Olympic victory: Paus. 3.8.1, Paus. 3.15.1
• epigram on: Paus. 3.8.2
• dedicates bronze horses at Olympia: Paus. 5.12.5
• shrine of: Paus. 3.15.1
• statue: Paus. 6.1.6