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November 26, 2024

Row of Cheaters

From 1980, Olympia in Greece, home of the original Olympic Games.

The row of plinths on the left memorialize those caught cheating. Their home cities were expected to purchase a bronze statue of Zeus to be placed on one of these plinths, which was then carved with the name of the cheater, the name of his father, and the name of his city.

The statues have long been scavenged and melted down, but you can still read the names of the cheats.

Infamy can last forever.

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