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Kalpe¯, an Olympic equestrian event for mares in which riders dismounted and finished by running alongside their horses (cf. anabate¯s). It was introduced in 496, perhaps in response to the hunger for equestrian victories among Western Greek rulers and their associates – a number of cities in the region minted coins which may illustrate the event. However, the first (and only known) winner was pataecus of Dyme in the northwest Peloponnese. Like ape¯ne¯, it was dropped from the Olympic programme in 444 and goes unmentioned on surviving victor lists on papyrus and stone.