"[1][2] Others argue that it was Acanthus instead who first introduced Greek athletic nudity.
Orsippus won the stadion of the 15th Olympic Games in 720 BC.
Later, as a general, Orsippus conquered a neighboring territory for Megara,[2] which had recently become independent from Corinth.
This accomplishment is commemorated by an epigram inscribed on the base of his statue erected by the Megarians in obedience to a Delphic response.
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