Orsippus ( grc-gre, Ὄρσιππος) was a

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runner from

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who was famed as the first to run the footrace naked at the

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and "first of all Greeks to be crowned victor naked."

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, 1.44.1. Others argue that it was Acanthus instead who first introduced Greek athletic nudity. Orsippus won the stadion of the 15th Olympic Games in 720 BC.

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