Acanthus (Spartan)
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Acanthus the Lacedaemonian, was the winner in two footrace events, the diaulos and dolichos, in the ancient Olympic Games of 720 BC. He was also, according to some accounts, the first who ran naked in these games. Other accounts give credit to Orsippus the Megarian as the first to have done this.
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