Melankomas
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Melankomas, or Melancomas (), meaning 'One with the Black Hair,' was an Ancient Greek boxer from Caria and victor in the 207th Olympiad (49 AD.).
Key facts
- Athlete.name
- Melankomas
- Athlete.native_name
- Μελανκόμας
- Athlete.native_name_lang
- Ancient Greek
- Athlete.nationality
- Ancient Greek
- Athlete.birth_place
- Caria(modern-day Turkey)
- Athlete.death_date
- ~70 A.D.
- Athlete.death_place
- Naples, Italy
- Athlete.sport
- Ancient Greek Boxing
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Caria
- Place of death
- Naples
- Occupation
- boxer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Participant in
- ancient Olympic Games
- Sport
- boxing
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- date of birth
- 0100-00-00
- date of death
- 0070-00-00
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Legacy
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Melankomas, or Melancomas (), meaning 'One with the Black Hair,' was an Ancient Greek boxer from Caria and victor in the 207th Olympiad (49 AD.).
== Biography == Melankomas was born in Caria to an Ancient Greek boxing champion, of the same name, who lived during the first century C.E. He made a name for himself as an Ancient Greek boxer in the Olympiad, even winning in the 207th Olympiad in 49 A.D.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melankomas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.