Coroebus of Elis

Coroebus of Elis ( Κόροιβος, Coroebus ) won (21 or July 22 776 BC = Ol.1, 1 ) in Olympia in the stadium run for about 192 meters. He is the first Olympic athlete, whose name was recorded. With it, the Olympic winners' list and the Olypiads begins. However, it is already the 28th Olympiad after arranged by Lycurgus and Iphitus recording. It is also unclear whether it had previously been competitions in honor of the god Zeus in the same place and if this date is real or fictitious.

According to tradition, by Pausanias (5, 8, 6, 8, 26, 3-4), the grave of Coroebus was about 12 kilometers southeast of the sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia on a prominent hill near the river level at which the Erymanthos flows into the Alpheus. Already 1845/46 was dug here by the grave of Coroebus. The excavation by the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV was financed The excited by Ludwig Ross excavation directed by the architect Eduard show Bert.

Is Narrated that Coroebus to have been a priest ( mageiros ) and social climber from the region of Elis. Mageiros was often mistakenly translated as " cooking ", but later turned out to be a misunderstanding. Although this misinterpretation is refuted since the 1960s by Henri Willy Pleket, it continues to be found in the literature.