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, four times in Isthmia, three in Nemea and two times at

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. He was killed in a battle, according to

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either at

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or at

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. The statue of Chilon at Olympia was made by

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. One hypothesis suggests that Lysippus' Apoxyomenos could represent Chilon and that its fate would have been the one described by

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in his ''Natural History'' (XXXIV, 62) : the bronze statue was moved from Olympia to Rome, and

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had it erected in front of the baths.

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moved it back to its original place after popular demand., page 43.

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