Editing Cynisca (section)

{{Short description|Spartan princess (born 442 BC)}}
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[[File:Statue base of Kyniska (top view), Museum of the Olympic Games in Antiquity, Ancient Olympia.jpg|thumb|Statue base with an inscription in memory of Cynisca's 396 BC Olympic victory. Museum of the Olympic Games in Antiquity, [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]]|235x235px]]
'''Cynisca''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ᵻ|ˈ|n|ɪ|s|k|ə}}; or '''Kyniska''', {{langx|el|Κυνίσκα}}; born {{circa|440 BC}}) was a wealthy [[Sparta]]n princess. She is famous for being the first woman to win at the [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]]. Cynisca first entered the Olympics in 396 BC, where she won first prize competing with a team of horses she had trained herself. In 392 BC, Cynisca entered her horses in the Olympics for a second time and was awarded another victory in the same event.<ref>Welwei, Karl-Wilhelm (Bochum), "Cynisca", in: Brill's New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and, Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.</ref>