mythologyandhistory<p>Did you know that an <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancient</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Olympics</span></a> athlete was chosen by the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gods</span></a>?</p><p>Eubotas knew he would win the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>running</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a> at the 93rd Games in 408 BC. The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oracle</span></a> of Cyrene had told him! </p><p>He commissioned his own statue before the games - & of course he DID <a href="https://mas.to/tags/win" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>win</span></a>!</p><p>44 years later, Eubotas won the chariot race in the 104th Games (as an owner, to whom the prize went).</p><p>He possibly also won six other races.</p><p>The prettiest courtesan of the age was madly in love with him, too.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>