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Wrestling Grounds of Cercyon (Attica)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Apr 17, 2024 01:00 PM — History
Located between Megara and Eleusis, the Wrestling Grounds of Cercyon is said to be a place where Cercyon of Eleusis would wrestle strangers, often against their will, until he was eventually bested by Theseus. Pausanias describes the wrestling ground as being located near the tomb of Alope, Cercyon's daughter.

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Jeffrey Becker, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Wrestling Grounds of Cercyon (Attica): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/684635473> [accessed: 26 December 2024] 

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