Pausanias, Description of Greece, ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy, 8.26.4

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[4] But when the Olympic games, after not being held for a long period, were revived by Iphitos, and the Olympic festival was again held, the only prizes offered were for running, and Coroebus won. On the tomb is an inscription that Coroebus was the first man to win at Olympia, and that his tomb was made at the end of Eleian territory.

Description of Greece. Pausanias. ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy. . .

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Ἑλλάδος Περιηγήσεως Perseus (Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.) — 8.26.4 focus

[4] ἡνίκα δὲ τὸν ἀγῶνα τὸν Ὀλυμπικὸν ἐκλιπόντα ἐπὶ χρόνον πολὺν ἀνενεώσατο Ἴφιτος καὶ αὖθις ἐξ ἀρχῆς Ὀλύμπια ἤγαγον, τότε δρόμου σφίσιν ἆθλα ἐτέθη μόνον καὶ ὁ Κόροιβος ἐνίκησε· καὶ ἔστιν ἐπίγραμμα ἐπὶ τῷ μνήματι ὡς Ὀλυμπίασιν ὁ Κόροιβος ἐνίκησεν καὶ ἀνθρώπων πρῶτος καὶ ὅτι τῆς Ἠλείας ἐπὶ τῷ πέρατι ὁ τάφος αὐτῷ πεποίηται.

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Description of Greece Perseus (Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece, Volumes 1-4. Jones, W.H.S. (William Henry Samuel), translator; Ormerod, Henry Arderne, translator. London, New York: W. Heinemann, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918-1935.) — 8.26.4 focus

[4] But when the Olympic games, after not being held for a long period, were revived by Iphitus, and the Olympic festival was again held, the only prizes offered were for running, and Coroebus won. On the tomb is an inscription that Coroebus was the first man to win at Olympia , and that his grave was made at the end of Elean territory.

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