In the 96th
Olympiad
An olympiad ( el, Ὀλυμπιάς, ''Olympiás'') is a period of four years, particularly those associated with the ancient and modern Olympic Games.
Although the ancient Olympics were established during Greece's Archaic Era, it was not unti ...
(396 BC), beside the athletic and artistic competitions,
[Gymnikos, hippikos and mousikos agon (naked, equine and artistic contest)] the Herald and Trumpet contest was added, which was already a formal element of the Olympic ritual performed by the
kerykes (heralds) and
salpinktai (trumpeters). Winners were chosen by the clarity of the
enunciation
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and the audibility of their voice or horn blast. Some notable victors were:
*
Timaios of Elis (trumpeter) and Crates (herald) of Elis, the first ones
*
Herodorus of Megara (ten times) 328–292 BC trumpeter
*Diogenes of Ephesus 69–85 AD (five times) trumpeter
*Valerius Eclectus of Sinope 245, 253–261 AD (four times) herald
References
Sources
*Ancient Greek Athletics By
Stephen G. Millerbr>
Page 85 {{ISBN, 0-300-10083-3 (2006)
Ancient Olympic sports
Competitions