Characteristics of a good pankratiast
Philostratus claims that the ideal pankratiast should possess
the physical strength  to be the best wrestler among the boxers
and the best boxer among the wrestlers.
Among the leading pankratiasts were Lygdames of Syracuse, Dorieus of Rhodes - son of the famous boxer Diagoras - Sostratus of Sicyon, Theagenes of Thasos and Polydamas of Skotoussa.
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