Hdt: "The Arcadians replied [to the Persians invadingGreece in 480 BCE] that the Greeks were celebrating the Olympic festival and watching an athletic competition and horse-race. The Persian next asked what the usual reward was for winning, and they told him about the garland (wreath) of olive that was given as a prize. At this, Tritantaechmes . . . [said to thePersian general Mardonius], "Well, Mardonius, what sort of men are these you have brought us to fight?They make excellence rather than money the reason for a contest!"

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