When Hermesileos, Dinos, and Nikias were gumnasiarchoi, the following boys and epheboi were victorious in the competitions and offered libations to the Muses and Herakles from the sums which were given to them in accordance with the decree of the people, when Lusias was taster of the offerings:—
| For reading, Agathokles. | |
| For rhapsody, Miltiades. | |
| For playing lyre with fingers, Xenon. | |
| For playing lyre, Kleoites. | |
| Long Distance Race (varied from 2¼ miles to about ¾ mile). | |
| Boys | Asklepiades. |
| Junior epheboi | Dionusios. |
| Middle ” | Timokles. |
| Senior ” | Moschion. |
| Men ” | Aischrion. |
Stadion (200 yards). | |
| Boys | Athenikon. |
| Junior epheboi | Hestiaios. |
| Middle ” | Apollonios. |
| Senior ” | Artemon. |
| Men ” | Metrodoros. |
Diaulos (400 yards). | |
| Boys | Athenikon. |
| Junior epheboi | Hubristos. |
| Middle ” | Melantes. |
| Senior ” | Apollonios. |
| Men ” | Menis. |
| (Apollonios seems to have been sogood that, though a middle ephebos,he competed in and won thesenior ephebos’ race here, unlessthere were two boys of the samename.) | |
Wrestling. | |
| Boys | Athenikon. |
| Junior epheboi | Demetrios. |
| Middle ” | Moschos. |
| Senior ” | Theodotos. |
| Men ” | Apellas. |
Boxing. | |
| Boys | Herakleides. |
| (The rest is wanting.) | |
| (Notice the three victories of the boy Athenikon.) | |
At Thespiai in Boiotia[166] there were prizes for senior and junior boys in the various races, and in boxing, wrestling, pankration, and pentathlon, besides open prizes for poetry and music of all kinds. Attic inscriptions arrange the events thus[167]:—
| Stadion. | |
| Junior | Boys. |
| Middle | Boys. |
| Senior | Boys. |
| Boys | Open. |
| Men. | |
| Diaulos. | |
| Junior | Boys. |
| Middle | Boys. |
| Senior | Boys. |
| Boys | Open. |
| Men. | |
| Fighting in Heavy Arms. | |
| Junior | Boys. |
| Middle | Boys. |
| Senior | Boys. |
| Epheboi. | |
The Olympian and Pythian festivals, however, had only a single series of contests for boys:—
| Olympia. | |
| Boys. | Stadion (Pind. Ol. xiv.). |
| Boxing (Pind. Ol. x., xi.). | |
| Wrestling (Pind. Ol. viii.). | |
| (only in 628 B.C.) | Pentathlon. |
| (not till 200 B.C.) | Pankration. |
| Pythia. | |
| Boys. | Long Distance Race. |
| Diaulos (400 yards) (Pind. Puth. x.). | |
| Stadion (200 yards) (Pind. Puth. xi.). | |
| Boxing. | |
| Wrestling (Bacchul. xi.). | |
| Pankration (not till 346 B.C.). |
But at Nemea both pentathlon[168] and pankration[169] for boys had already been established by Pindar’s time, as well as the more usual contests.[170]