ἀθλοφόρος,ον, Ep. and Lyr.ἀεθλ-,
A. bearing away the prize, victorious, ἵππος
Il. 9.124
, 22.22 , Ibyc. 2 , cf. Inscr.Olymp. 166 ; ἄνδρες
Pi. O. 7.7
, cf. Hdt. 1.31 , etc.; of martyrs, JRS 10.47 .
II. prizegiving, ἀγῶνες
IG 7.530.3
(Tanagra).
III. ἀθλοφόρος,ἡ , title of priestess at Alexandria, ἀ. Βερενίκης
OGI 90.5
(Canopus), PTeb. 176 (circ. 200 B.C.), etc.