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  • PhD Candidate in Art History and Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies. Lecturer, Rutgers University
Kyniska drawn with her horses in the Biography of Illustrious Women of Rome, Greece, and the Lower Empire, published in 1825. Brooklyn Museum

Hidden women of history: Kyniska, the first female Olympian

Todd E. Caissie, Rutgers University

After her win in 396 BC, Kyniska erected a statue of herself, reading: ‘I am the only woman in all Greece who won this crown.’

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