Event: Kallippos from Athens (Attica)

Event ID 4191
Person Kallippos son of ___ from Athens in Attica
Festival Olympia in Olympia (Elis)
Discipline pentathlon: pentathlon
Age Category
Date -332 - -332
Achievement V
Comment: Pausanias (5.21.5) mentions that Kallippos bribed his opponents. The Eleians, therefore, imposed a fine, but the Athenians were unwilling to pay the fine. Only after interference of the oracle at Delphi did the Athenians obey and pay the fine. [DvdL]