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Coroebus of Elis (, ''Kóroibos Ēleîos''; fl. c. 776 BC) was a Greek cook, baker, and athlete from Elis. He is remembered as the winner (, ''olympioníkes'') of the first recorded Olympics, which consisted of a single footrace known as the stade or stadion.
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He is frequently described as having won the first Olympic Games, but
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Coroebus of Elis (, ''Kóroibos Ēleîos''; fl. c. 776 BC) was a Greek cook, baker, and athlete from Elis. He is remembered as the winner (, ''olympioníkes'') of the first recorded Olympics, which consisted of a single footrace known as the stade or stadion.Eusebius
Eusebius of Caesarea (30 May AD 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilius, was a historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist from the Roman province of Syria Palaestina. In about AD 314 he became the bishop of Caesarea Maritima. ...
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He is frequently described as having won the first Olympic Games, but
Eusebius
Eusebius of Caesarea (30 May AD 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilius, was a historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist from the Roman province of Syria Palaestina. In about AD 314 he became the bishop of Caesarea Maritima. ...
and other ancient writers stated that he was simply the first recorded winner, variously placing the first games in the Heroic Age, 27 olympiads before Coroebus, or 13 olympiads before. Coroebus being the earliest winner known to Hippias, his is still reckoned the "1st Olympiad
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Although the ancient Olympics were established during Archaic Greece, Greece ...
"; following Hippias's dating, his victory is generally placed in the summer of the year 776 . The stadium
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at Olympia was one stade
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(600 Greek feet
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, 630.8 English feet, 192.27 m) long and the competition was still clothed in his time, naked competition beginning with Orsippus around 720 .. For winning the race, Coroebus received an olive wreath and was later revered by the people of Elis, his grave still being known in the time of Pausanias. Pausanias, ''Description of Greece
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Pausanias' ''Description of Greece'' comprises ten books, each of them dedicated to some ...
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See also
* Stadion race, unit, andstadium
A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...
* List of ancient Olympic victors
References
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