Diagorus of Rhodes is an ancient Greek athlete, famous for his fistfight-pygmachia, winner of the Olympic, Isthmian, Nemean and Pythian Games. The founder of a sports dynasty, of which 3 sons and 2 grandsons of Diagorus were Olympians. According to legend, when Diagorus was a very old man in 448 BC (the 83rd Olympic Games), his sons again became famous for their victories in fistfights and pankration. In the midst of the honor, they approached their father, crowned his gray head with palm branches and, lifting him onto their shoulders, carried him through the crowd that had parted.→