In the 96th Olympiad, beside the athletic and artistic competitions, the Herald and Trumpet contest was added, which was already a formal element of the Olympic ritual performed by the kerykes (heralds) and salpinktai (trumpeters). Winners were chosen by the clarity of the enunciation and the audibility of their voice or horn blast. Some notable victors were:Timaios of Elis (trumpeter) and Crates (herald) of Elis, the first ones Herodorus of Megara 328–292 BC trumpeter Diogenes of Ephesus 69–85 AD trumpeter Valerius Eclectus of Sinope 245, 253–261 AD herald