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Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals

Note 216 — Chapter VII · THE DECLINE OF ATHLETICS, 338-146 B.C.

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A third-century inscription from Epidaurus, Dittenb. Syll. 2nd Ed., 689, records that three athletes, a stadiodromos, a pentathlete, and a pankratiast, were fined 1000 staters each διὰ τὸ φθείρειν τοὺς ἀγῶνας. The next inscription, 690, records a similar fine on certain actors.

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