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Links

  • https://www.tumblr.com/search/cynisca+of+sparta
  • http://www.bible-history.com/links.php?cat=48&sub=3929&cat_name=People+-+Ancient+Greece&subcat_name=Cynisca
  • http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH2003/JSH3002/jsh3002g.pdf
  • http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/sparta/g/Cynisca.htm

Agesilaus (brother)

  • Used her to also show that olympic chariot victories were won by wealth, not by manly excellence
  • Hoped to show that if a woman won than it would prove that the sport is unmanly
  • had manipulated the equestrian events so that his sister could compete

More Facts

  • Cynisca won the 4 horse chariot racing in 396BC & 392BC
  • At the time females couldn't enter and could not even look at the contests taking place
  • many historians today, use her as a figure of the social rise of women
  • the movement to give them equal rights and opportunities

Beginning-into her career

  • She was encouraged to breed horses & compete in the games by her brother
  • Her winning didn't stop the wealthy Spartans engagement in the sport
  • Cynisca's chariot racing was intended to empower female athletes
  • force out discourse about gender rules in sports

Early Life

  • Said to be a tomboy
  • Expert equestrian & very wealthy
  • She had perfect qualifications to be a successful trainer
  • Was a Spartan princess
  • Drove 2 horse chariot as a "child"

Cynisca of Sparta

  • Born 440BC-unknown
  • Daughter of Europontid, and Archidamus II
  • Brother Agsilaus II
  • Name means 'female puppy'
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