Archaeology Odyssey

This information comes from a bronze inscription from the clubhouse of the athlete’s guild at Olympia. The building was constructed in the first century A.D. by Nero and was in continuous use until the late fourth century A.D. (see U. Sinn, Olympia: Cult, Sport and Ancient Festival [Princeton: Markus Wiener, 2000], pp. 114-118).

This number includes Olympic victories of uncertain date and authenticity.

L. Moretti lists a total of 794 individual Olympic victors in two publications: Olympionikai, i vincitori negli antichi agoni Olimpici (Rome: MemLinc, 1957).

Pausanias, Description of Greece 5, 24, 9.

Pausanias, Description of Greece 6, 20, 10-19.

Pausanias, Description of Greece 5, 13, 8-11.

Helmust Kyrieleis, “Zu Anfangen des Heligtums von Olympia,” Olympia 1875-2000, 125 Jahre Deutsche Ausgrabungen (Mainz am Rhein, 2002), pp. 215-217.

Pindar, Olympian Odes 1.

Pausanias, Description of Greece 5, 8, 4.

Pindar, Olympian Odes 10.43-45.