![]() By the time they retired from competition, the words from a certain Paul from Tarsus, an evangelist and rabid sports fan, were on everyone’s lips: “I have fought the good fight I have finished the course I have kept the faith.” His quotes could just as easily have summed up the lives of the track trio from Tralles. They were probably active through their teenage years. ![]() Hedea, Tryphosa, and Dionysia may not have endorsed track shoes, but they surely served as role models for girls everywhere. Citizenship (which women lacked in certain times and places) gave such benefits as tax-free pensions and office-holding privileges. The girls were made honorary citizens of several cities, including Corinth. The formidable sisters no doubt racked up many seconds and thirds, but in ancient times, only first-place winners got recorded or rewarded. These “golds” are only career highlights. She also nabbed a first for lyre players at the Sebasteia Festival in Athens. ![]() Hedea won the war-chariot race at the Isthmian Games and two firsts for track at the Nemean and Sicyonian games. ![]()
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