Contests Title Contests Collection Items Aristophanes, Lysistrata 638-647: the Arkteia in Brauron Aristophanes between 460 and 450 - 386 BCE Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae 13.609e–610a: beauty contest for girls/women Athenaeus of Naucratis 2nd/3rd century CE Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae 4.139c–f: the Hyacinthia in Sparta Athenaeus of Naucratis 2nd/3rd century CE Cassius Dio, Historia Romana 67.8: the Capitolia in Rome Cassius Dio 164-235 CE Cassius Dio, Historia Romana 76.16.1: contest for women under Septimius Severus Cassius Dio 164-235 CE Hesychius, Lexicon s.v. Τριῶλαξ: unknown maiden race Hesychius 5th/6th century CE Hesychius, Lexicon s.v. Διονυσιάδες: the Dionysia in Sparta Hesychius 5th/6th century CE Hesychius, Lexicon s.v. Νέαι: a category of participants in a unknown footrace Hesychius 5th/6th century CE Johannes Malalas, Chronographia 12.10: the Olympia in Antioch Johannes Malalas ca. 490/500 - 570 CE Iulianus Apostata, Fragmenta Epistolarum 304C-D: Christian rejection of contests involving women Iulianus Apostata 332-363 CE View all 20 items