Runner in the ancient Greek Olympics
Orsippus (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. Orsippus won the stadion of the 15th Olympic Games in 720 BC.
References
- ^ W. Sweet. Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece, 1987; p. 125.
- ^ Pausanias, 1.44.1.