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Mentioned in Pausanias 6.7.10, a man from Stymphalos, runner, victorious in the dolichos. The dating is based upon Farrington (2012), no. 1.25 and p. 109 note 226, who in turn based himself on the supposed dating for the career of the sculptor Pythagoras, who made the statue described by Pausanias. Moretti (1953), nos. 188 and 199 give two possibilities for Dromeus' two Olympic victories, viz. 484-0 and 460-56 B.C. - PK
Pausanias tells us that Dromeus (his real name?) won several victories in dolichos: two at the Olympia, two at the Pythia, three at the Isthmia and five at the Nemea. He also claims that Stymphalos was the first to have a diet of meat, instead of cheese. But others have suggested this was an introduction made by Eurymenes from Samos decades earlier (entry no. 94). It has been suggested that IvO 145 is the statue base of Dromeus due to the sculptor, Pythagoras from Samos, also mentioned by Pausanias. It remains uncertain though. - DL
Dromeus’ Nemean victories perhaps date to between 495 and 471 BC or possibly to between ca. 465 and ca. 451 BC and were presumably in the δόλιχος or some other track event. - EK
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