Troilus of Elis was anancient Greekathlete fromElis who participated at theancient Olympic Games. He gained controversy by being areferee who won twoequestrian events at the 372 BC games.[1] After that a law banned referees from competing. His story has at times been used to show the ancient games had a "win at any cost" mindset quite different from the modern Olympic ideal.
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