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Cleitomachus

Κλειτόμαχος

(Κλειτόμαχος), a Theban athlete, whose exploits are recorded by Pausanias (6.15; comp. Suid. s.v. Κλειτόμαχος). He won the prize at Olympia in the pancratium in Ol. 141. (B. C. 216.) Aelian mentions (V. H. 3.30) his great temperance, and the care he took to keep himself in good condition.

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.