Coroebus of Elis
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Coroebus of Elis (Greek
: Κόροιβος Ἠλεῖος) was a humble Elean
baker and athlete who won the stadion race in the first recorded Ancient Olympic Games in 776 BC.
seem to have been accurately recorded. The prize he received was an olive branch, though the honor of winning was more prestigious than the actual prize.
According to legend, the ancient Olympic Games were founded by Heracles (the Roman Hercules), a son of Zeus. Yet the first Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 BCE (though it is generally believed that the Games had been going on for many years already). At this Olympic Games, a naked runner, Coroebus (a cook from Elis), won the sole event at the Olympics, the stade - a run of approximately 192 meters (210 yards). This made Coroebus the very first Olympic champion in history.
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
: Κόροιβος Ἠλεῖος) was a humble Elean
Elis
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baker and athlete who won the stadion race in the first recorded Ancient Olympic Games in 776 BC.
Olympics
The stadion race of the GreeksAncient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
seem to have been accurately recorded. The prize he received was an olive branch, though the honor of winning was more prestigious than the actual prize.
According to legend, the ancient Olympic Games were founded by Heracles (the Roman Hercules), a son of Zeus. Yet the first Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 BCE (though it is generally believed that the Games had been going on for many years already). At this Olympic Games, a naked runner, Coroebus (a cook from Elis), won the sole event at the Olympics, the stade - a run of approximately 192 meters (210 yards). This made Coroebus the very first Olympic champion in history.