Herald and Trumpet contest

In the 96th Olympiad (396 BC), beside the athletic and artistic competitions,^[1] the "Herald and Trumpet contest" was added, which was already a formal element of the Olympic ritual performed by the kerykes (heralds) and salpinktai (trumpeteers) . Winners were chosen by the clarity of the enunciation and the audibility of their voice or horn blast. Some notable victors were:

• Timaeus (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

• Ancient Greek Athletics By Stephen G. Miller Page 85 ISBN 0-300-10083-3 (2006)