YES!!

I am an olympic champion!

The crowd cheered and I was given my trophy which I placed on my head. I graciously received the applause of the audience. I was a champion, but I still had the desire to prove my all around strength in the pentathalon the next day.

Again, I awoke early in order to stretch. I easily won the running and jumping events. Next were discus and javelin. I had not practiced as much in these events, yet I managed to place first in the javelin and second in the discus. The final event was wrestling. This order was the most practical since the wrestling event was the most rough and after their matches, wrestlers were quite beaten up. I looked around at my competitors and some of them were much larger than me, but I would not let that stop me. I used my quickness to defeat my larger opponents and showed the confidence that Pherias told me to show. His suggestions helped and I won the wrestling event.

Having won all but one of the competitions, I was the victor of the pentathalon. I was overjoyed as I received my second trophy. I had come to Olympia mainly to win the stade and ended up winning the pentathalon as well. I was respected because it was almost unheard of for an athlete to win in two events.

That night, after all of the spectators had left, the celebration started. All of the victors were honored in a large feast. I sat back and relaxed.I enjoyed tasty foods, wine, and music until the early morning.

The next day, my trainer and I packed up to sail directly back to Corinth. Leaving beautiful Olympia was hard, but I was excited to return home.

We retraced our boat journey. The news had arrived that I was a champion and when I arrived, the townspeople had a large parade for me. I was enjoying all of the festivities, but I remembered my vow to Aphrodite. She had helped me overcome my worthy opponents so I had to give her the 100 slave girls I had promised. I had no trouble finding girls willing to serve Aphrodite in my name and I met my promise.

The next day, I led them up to the temple and offered them to Aphrodite and thanked her for her goodwill.

This was the only Olympic competition that I participated in. I retired after this with all of the prize money and fame I had earned as a double event champion. Even though my competing days were over, I raised my children to be athletes so that the tradition continued in our family.

So the sun set on another olympic career...

Sources

• Harris, H.A. Greek Athletes and Athletics. Westport: Greenwood Press, Inc., 1979.
• Harris, H.A. Sports in Greece and Rome. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1972.
• Matz, David. Greek and Roman Sport. London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1991.