Classical Studies 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Only Won, Hyperbole, Hoop Rolling
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If a special oil used oil and scrapped it off people would want it: cults for athletes existed outside the greek world. 2: he died when he tried to pull a tree apart (wedges already in the tree) and his hand got stuck, a lion then came and ate him lmaoooo, had more victories at different games than anyone else. Theagenes: boxer/pantrationist, at the highest level games, he did other sports at less important games, he won the grand slam of stephenitic games. If you asked the greeks, this was the most famous athlete: he entered whatever competitions and games he could, 1,376 victories in 22 years. Hunting: figure on f16 was from massedoina, this was not popular in greece, we do(cid:374)"t hear of rowing, fishing, sailing and swimming for competition in greece, tons of people could swim and fish. Acrobatics: always in a spectator setting, watching one guy, its pure entertainment, no competition, no winners, no judges.