Stadion (running race)
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Stadion or stade was an ancient running event and also the facility in which it took place, as part of Panhellenic Games including the Ancient Olympic Games. The event was one of the five major Pentat
The stadion of ancient Nemea, Greece.
Coroebus of Elis
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Coroebus of Elis was a Greek cook, baker, and athlete from Elis. He is remembered as the winner of the first recorded Olympics, which consisted of a single footrace known as the stade or stadion. He i
Stadion (running race)
…γυμνικὸς ἀγών "nude competition"). From the years 776 to 724 BC, the stadion was the only event at the Olympic Games. The victor (the first of whom was Coroebus of Elis) gave his name to the entire four-year Olympiad, allowing modern knowledge of nearly all of them. The stadion was named after the facility in which it…
Runners (ca. 500 BC)