Sports in Ancient Greece - Images
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Topic: Sports in Ancient Greece - Images
Posted By: Yiannis
Subject: Sports in Ancient Greece - Images
Date Posted: 17-Sep-2004 at 05:26
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Boxing (or pagkration?). The lifted index finger of the fallen athlete means that he's abdicating.
Football?
Discus (statue by the famous Myron):
Weightlifting (stone used at ancient Olympics-Olympia museum):
Not sure what it is but it does look like Hockey:
Jugling
I'll post more later.... feel free to ad your own pictures! http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/grecol.jpg -
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