Classical Studies 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pankration, Spyridon Louis, Argonautica
1 Dec 2014
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Myth of the marathon: battle of marathon (persian wars, 490bce, 10 000 athenians vs ~20 000 persians, 3 runners, 2 stories, pheidippides (herodotus), thersippus or eucles (plutarch, two stories collapsed by robert browning in his poem pheidippides , major event in first modern olympics, greek victor: spyridon louis, pheidippides and marathon (herodotus) Pale wrestling: introduced in olympia in 708bce, performed standing up, systasis starting position; athletes would start leaned over with foreheads touching, took place in skamma, victory goes to the wrestler who is able to throw his competitor 3 times called triakter (thricer, akoniti dustless victory, event for paides (boys) added in 632bce, philostratus, ch. 11. Pyx/ pygme/ pygmachia boxing: introduced in olympia in 688bce, himantes gloves with leather straps, oxys hard himanties, there were no rounds, kept going until one could no longer go on or will no longer go on, boxer admits defeat by raising a finger or getting koed, boxer of quirinal/ terme boxer.
