Person: Kallippos from Athens (Attica)

Person ID: 1071
Name: Kallippos
Place of Origin: Athens (Attica)
Date Range: -332 to -332
List of Festivals:
Olympia in Olympia (Elis)
List of Events:
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( -332 to -332 )
List of Disciplines:
pentathlon: pentathlon
List of References:
Paus. 5.21.5-7
Ps.-Plu. Vit. Dec. 9
List of Prosopographies:
Moretti (1957), no. 460
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]