Shark attack, Ca. 214 B.C. (Unprovoked)
Location: , Ionian Sea, 
Activity: Ascending from a dive
Victim: Tharsys, a sponge diver (M, age )
Injury: FATAL, shark/s bit him in two
Fatal: Y
Source: Reported by Greek poet, Leonidas of Tarentum (228 B.C to 174 B.C.); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.4 &5