Person: Sostratos son of Sosistratos from Sikyon (Sykionia)

Person ID: 496
Name: Sostratos
Alternative Name: Akrochersites
Father's Name: Sosistratos
Place of Origin: Sikyon (Sykionia)
Date Range: -370 to -348
List of Festivals:
Isthmia in Isthmia (Corinthia)
Nemea in Argos (Argeia)
Olympia in Olympia (Elis)
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis)
List of Events:
Nemea in Argos (Argeia) on ( -370 to -348 )
Isthmia in Isthmia (Corinthia) on ( -370 to -348 )
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis) on ( ? to ? )
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis) on ( ? to ? )
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( -356 to -356 )
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( -360 to -360 )
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( -364 to -364 )
List of Disciplines:
combat sports: pankration
List of References:
Bousquet, BCH 85 (1961), p. 74
F.Delphes III.1, 507 = IAG 25 = Ebert (1972), no. 39 = CEG 811 = BCH 6 (1882), p. 446 = Klio 9 (1909), pp. 183ff.
Paus. 6.4.2
Suda s.v. Sostratos
List of Prosopographies:
Farrington (2012), no. 1.66
LGPN V3a-3210
Moretti (1957), no. 420
Moretti (1957), no. 425
Moretti (1957), no. 433
Strasser (2001), no. 74
Kostouros (2008), no. 187
Knab (1934), no. 15
Klee (1918), P 88-89
Klee (1918), J 227-232
Klee (1918), N 175-180
Moretti (1970), p. 297
Moretti (1992), nos. 420, 425, 433
Comment: Mentioned in Paus. 6.4.2 as well as IAG 25; they mention 12 victories in the Nemea and Isthmia combined, as well as three Olympian and two Pythian victories. Moretti (1957), nos. 420, 425, 433 dates the Olympic victories to 364, 360 and 356 B.C., which Ebert (1979) follows; Moretti and Ebert likewise date the Pythian victories to 362 and 358 B.C., following Klee and Knab. This is the basis for Farrington's date range, which is followed here (Farrington (2012), p. 122-3 note 289). Sostratos was a pankratiatist. We cannot know how many Isthmian and Nemean victories he won: we only have the sum. This cannot as of yet be accommodated by this database. One victory for each contest has been entered for now. - PK Sostratos was called the Akrocheristes because he would bend his opponents' fingers until they would give in. In addition to his three Olympic victories, he won twice at the Pythia, and twelve victories at the Nemea and Isthmia combined. - DL His popularity is attested by the fact that he was depicted on the Sikyon's coins (Moretti, 1970 and 1992.