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Sogenes

Victorious athlete from Aegina, celebrated in a Nemean ode.

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Also known as VII For Sogenes of Aegina

First appearance: victory odes

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Victor in the boys' pentathlon, son of Thearion, celebrated in this ode.
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs in the revelation that the flute’s music—celebrated as Midas’s vic…

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