Cynisca (/ sɪˈnɪskə /; or Kyniska, Greek: Κυνίσκα; born c. 440 BC) was a wealthy Spartan princess. She is famous for being the first woman to win at the Olympic Games. Cynisca first entered the Olympics in 396 BC, where she won first prize competing with a team of horses she had trained herself.

2021年7月21日 · Cynisca of Sparta (b. c. 440 BCE) was a Spartan royal princess who became the first female Olympic champion. Defying the traditional role of women in ancient Greece, she competed in the Olympic Games alongside the men and won.

2017年3月19日 · She was a daughter of a woman named Eupoleia and the king of Sparta Archidamus II. She grew up in the court with her brother, the future king of Sparta, Agesilaus II. Her name means ''female puppy'', but her personality wouldn’t allow anyone to treat her as a pet. Princess Cynisca trained hard.

In fact, Cynisca, whose name is also also spelled Kyneska, was the first ever female Olympic champion. Here’s more information about her: Cynisca was born around 440 BC in the Greek city of Sparta, daughter of King Archidamus II, and sister of the future king Agesilaus II.

2020年11月15日 · Her name was Kyniska (also written Cynisca) and she is a heroine of ancient Greece, the first woman in history to reach victory at the Olympic Games. How did she do it? And how deep are the roots of these athletic celebrations of life, youth, and the gods?

At the time, 396 BC, the victory of Cynisca, a Spartan princess and according to Pausanius, ancient Greek travel writer, the first female champion of the ancient Olympic Games, was an unheard of achievement for a woman in ancient Greece, where women were expected to be neither seen nor heard.

2018年5月24日 · Her chariot teams won glory in the Olympic Games of 396 and 392 BCE, making her the first woman in recorded Greek history to own a victorious Olympic chariot team. The historians, Plutarch (c. 50-120 CE) and Pausanias (143-176 CE), both wrote of her successes.