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{{Short description|Runner in the ancient Greek Olympics}}
'''Orsippus''' ({{langx|grc|Ὄρσιππος}}) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] runner from [[Megara]] who was famed as the first to run the footrace naked at the [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] and "first of all Greeks to be crowned victor naked."<ref>W. Sweet. ''Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece,'' 1987; p. 125.</ref><ref name=Pausanias>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 1.44.1.</ref> Others argue that it was [[Acanthus (Spartan)|Acanthus]] instead who first introduced Greek athletic nudity. Orsippus won the [[Stadion (running race)|stadion]] of the 15th Olympic Games in 720 BC.
Later, as a general, Orsippus conquered a neighboring territory for Megara,<ref name=Pausanias/> which had recently become independent from [[Ancient Corinth|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.<ref>Thomas J. Figueira, ''[https://chs.harvard.edu/curated-article/thomas-j-figueira-chronological-table-archaic-megara-800-500-b-c/|Chronological Table: Archaic Megara, 800-500 B.C.]''. The Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University (originally published in 1985 by The Johns Hopkins University Press).</ref>
Orsippus was buried near [[Koroivos|Coroebus]], [[Elis]].<ref name=Pausanias/>
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