Bybon
Bybon was an athlete who lived in Ancient Greece during the early 6th century BC.
The only known information of him comes from an Ancient Greek inscription bearing his name on a sandstone in Olympia, Greece.[1] The stone which weighs 143.5 kilograms (316 lb) contains two deep notches carved out of it, forming a handle so that the stone could be used as a free weight. It reads: [2]
Historian E. Norman Gardinier translates the word "lifted" as "threw." In regards to the athletic culture in which such a throw may have been made, he states:
"The typical athlete of the period, as we know him from the records and from the black-figured vases, was the strongman, wrestler, boxer, or pankratiast. Many stories were told of their strength. One of them, named Bybon, left behind at Olympia an interesting record. It is a block of red sandstone weighing 316 lb., and on it is inscribed the statement that he threw it over his head with one hand".[3]
The stone is currently on display at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.[4][5]
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Conor Heffernan (January 11, 2021). "Stone Lifting in Ancient Greece: Bybon's Stone". www.physicalculturestudy.com. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Crowther, Nigel B. (January 5, 2009). "Weightlifting in Antiquity: Achievement and Training". GREECE & ROME, Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gardinier, E. Norman (1925). Olympia Its History & Remains. Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press. p. 97.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The collection of the olympic games (Stone offerings - L191 - The stone of Bybon)". Olympia Archaeological Museum. Archived from the original on 2008-11-10. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
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