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Running was important to members of ancient Greek society, and is consistently highlighted in documents referencing the Ancient Olympic Games. The stadion , for example, was so important that "[t]he Olympiad would be named after the victor, and since history itself was dated by the Games, it was he who thus gained the purest dose of immortality."
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Leonidas of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας ὁ Ῥόδιος; born 188 BC) was one of the most famous ancient Olympic runners. [1] For four consecutive Olympiads (164–152 BC), he was champion of three foot races. [2] He was hailed with the title "Triastes" (tripler). [3]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Greek athletes. It includes athletes that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for competitors within the sport of athletics , comprising track and field , road running , cross country running and racewalking .
Orsippus (Ancient Greek: Ὄρσιππος) was a Greek runner from Megara who was famed as the first to run the footrace naked at the Olympic Games and "first of all Greeks to be crowned victor naked." [1] [2] Others argue that it was Acanthus instead who first introduced Greek athletic nudity.
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The Greek historian Herodotus was the first person to write about an Athenian runner named Pheidippides participating in the First Persian War. His account is as follows: [10] Before they left the city, the Athenian generals sent off a message to Sparta. The messenger was an Athenian named Pheidippides, a professional long-distance runner.