Ladas
- a runner of Alexander the Great, whose name became a proverb for swiftness, Sol. 1, § 96; Mart. 10, 100, 5; 2, 86, 8; Cat. 55, 25; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Sen. Ep. 85, 4: pauper locupletem optare podagram Ne dubitet Ladas, Juv. 13, 97.
(Λάδας).
1. A celebrated runner, a native of Laconia. He gained the victory at Olympia in the δόλιχος, and expired soon after. There was a monument to his memory on the banks of the Eurotas. In Arcadia, on one of the roads leading to Orchomenus, was a stadium, called the stadium of Ladas, where he used to practise. There was a famous statue of him by Myron, in the temple of Apollo Lycius at Argos, and another statue in the temple of Aphrodite Nicephorus. (Paus. 2.19.7, 3.21.1, 8.12.3.) His swiftness became proverbial among the Romans. (Catull. 1v. 25; Auctorad Herenn. iv. ; Juv. 13.97; Mart. 2.86. 8, 10.100. 5.)
2. A native of Aegium in Achaea, who gained a victory in the foot race at Olympia, in the 125th Olympiad, . 100.280. (Paus. 3.21.1, 10.23.14.) [C.P.M]
(Λάδας). A swift runner of Laconia, whose speed became proverbial. There were statues to him in Argos and Arcadia (Pausan. ii. 19, 7; Catull. lv. 25; Juv.xiii. 97).
- victorious at Olympia: Paus. 3.21.1
- his tomb: Paus. 3.21.1
- his stadium: Paus. 8.12.5
- his statue: Paus. 2.19.7
- born at Aegium, victorious at Olympia: Paus. 3.21.1, Paus. 10.23.14