Kasia Mnasithea
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Κασία Μνασιθέα |
| Occupation | Charioteer |
| Years active | 2nd or 3rd-century CE |
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| Sport | |
| Sport | Chariot racing |
Kasia Mnasithea (Greek: Κασία Μνασιθέα, romanized: Kasía Mnasithéa) was an Elean chariot racer who won an Olympic competition in the year the second or third-century CE.[1] More specifically, she partook in a race involving only young horses, which was described by the inscription commemorating her victory as "ἅρματι πω]-λικῶι" ("hármati pō]-likôi," "young horse chariot").[2][1] She was the daughter of an individual named Marcus Betlinus Laitus and a member of a prominent family in her city-state of Elis.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 Mantas 1995, pp. 131–132.
- ↑ IvO 233.
- ↑ Hyde 1912, p. 227.
- ↑ Golden 2004, p. 33.
Bibliography
- Golden, Mark (2004-06-01). Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z (1 ed.). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203497326. ISBN 978-0-203-49732-6.
- Hyde, Walter Woodburn (1912). "The Positions of Victor Statues at Olympia". American Journal of Archaeology. 16 (2): 203–229. doi:10.2307/497280. ISSN 0002-9114.
- Mantas, Konstantinos (1995), "Women and athletics in the Roman east", Nikephoros, 8