Troilus of Elis

Troilus of Elis

Troilus of Elis was an ancient Greek athlete from Elis who participated at the ancient Olympic Games. He gained controversy by being a referee who won two equestrian events at the 372 BC Ancient Olympic Games. After that a law banned referees from competing. His story has at times been used to show the ancient games had a "win at any cost" mindset quite different from the modern Olympic ideal.

External links

* [http://equestrian.com.my/news/2004/08/06/1315,dfd,c61328.html Equestrian site]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/07/24/baoly24.xml&site=6#8 The Telegraph on how "Winning matters" at the Ancient Olympics]
* [http://www.sikyon.com/Olympia/athletics_eg.html Ancient Olympic results without comment at Sikyon]


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