# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akanthos-of-sparta
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:09:34.134Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akanthos-of-sparta"
name: "Akanthos of Sparta"
slug: "akanthos-of-sparta"
description: "Acanthus the Lacedaemonian, was the victor in two footrace events, the diaulos (δίαυλος) and dolichos (δόλιχος), in the Olympic Games of 720 BC. He was also, according to some accounts, the first who ran naked in these games. Other accounts ascribe this to Orsippus the Megarian. Thucydides says that the Lacedaemonians were the first who contended naked in gymnastic games, although he does not mention Acanthus by name."
tagline: "8th-century BC Greek athlete"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "-799"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           44.03
  momentum:             11.37931034482759
  historical:           11.805544
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthos_c%E1%BB%A7a_Sparta"
    title: "Acanthos của Sparta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acant_d'Esparta"
    title: "Acant d'Esparta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akanthos_ze_Sparty"
    title: "Akanthos ze Sparty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B8%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%9B%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%B4%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Άκανθος ο Λακεδαιμόνιος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthus_of_Sparta"
    title: "Acanthus of Sparta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanto_de_Esparta"
    title: "Acanto de Esparta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthos_de_Sparte"
    title: "Acanthos de Sparte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akanthos_dari_Sparta"
    title: "Akanthos dari Sparta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanto_di_Sparta"
    title: "Acanto di Sparta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akantos_ze_Sparty"
    title: "Akantos ze Sparty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanto_de_Esparta"
    title: "Acanto de Esparta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthus_(Spartan)"
    title: "Acanthus (Spartan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akanthos_zo_Sparty"
    title: "Akanthos zo Sparty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82_(%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA)"
    title: "Акант (олімпіонік)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2822600"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump