(Χιόνις), a Spartan, who obtained the victory at the Olympic games in four successive Olympiads (Ol. 28-31), four times in the stadium and thrice in the diaulos. (Paus. 3.14.3, 4.23. §§ 2, 5, 6.13.1, 8.39.2: Anchionis is the same as this Chionis ; see Krause, Olympia, pp. 243, 261.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890