anybody know the original text of the motto"If you want wisdom, run! If you want strength,run! If you want..."

Question

The motto I want to find have the meaning:"If you want wisdom, run! If you want strength,run! If you want health, run!"
This motto is craved on the rock on the bank of Alfeios River, Olympia.

Does anybody know what the original quotation or text of the motto? Please help me know. Thanks!

Answer 1

You might have better luck if you spell the name of the river, Alpheios.

Alpheios is believed to have been the site of the first Olympic Games in 776 BC. That said, the event was merely a single foot race along the Alpheios River near the sanctuary for the god Zeus at Olympia.

I've done some research and came up short. It's late in the East and my computer is about to run out of battery power. If I find something in the morning, I'll add it onto the answer.

Of course, the motto of the Olympic Games is: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger)!