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Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals

GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS

BY

E. NORMAN GARDINER, M.A.

SOMETIME CLASSICAL EXHIBITIONER OF C.C.C., OXON.

ΜΗΔΕΝ ΑΓΑΝ

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON

1910

TO

F. E. THOMPSON

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ALL THAT THE AUTHOR

IN COMMON WITH MANY ANOTHER MARLBURIAN

OWES TO HIS TEACHING, HIS SYMPATHY

AND HIS FRIENDSHIP

PREFACE

It is my hope that the present volume may prove of interest to the general reader as well as to the student of the past. For
though its subject may seem at first sight purely archaeological, many of the problems with which it deals are as real to us
to-day as they were to the Greeks. The place of physical training and of games in education, the place of athletics in our
daily life and in our national life, are questions of present importance to us all, and in considering these questions we cannot
fail to learn something from the athletic history of a nation which for a time at least succeeded in reconciling the rival claims
of body and of mind, and immortalized this result in its art.
This is my first and perhaps my chief justification for the length of this volume. My second is that there is no existing work
in English on the subject, nor even in the extensive literature which Germany has produced is there any work of quite the
same scope. The Gymnastik u. Agonistik of J. H. Krause is a masterpiece of erudition, accuracy and judgment. But this
work was published in 1841, and since that date excavation and the progress of archaeology have brought to light such a
mass of new material as to change entirely our outlook on the past. The excavations at Olympia have for the first time
enabled us to trace the whole history of the festival and to treat Greek athletics historically.
In the first part of this work I have endeavoured to write a continuous history of Greek athletics. The attempt is an
ambitious one, perhaps too ambitious for one whose occupation has left him little time for continuous study. The long
period covered involves a multitude of difficult and disputed problems, which it is impossible within the limits of this work
to discuss fully. In all these cases I have endeavoured to sift the evidence for myself, and to form an independent judgment.
Many of the details may be obscure, and many of my conclusions are doubtless open to criticism. Yet the general outline
of the story is clear, and I venture to think that it has a more than passing interest and importance.
The second part is more technical, though it may perhaps appeal to those who are actively interested in athletics. It consists
of a number of chapters, each complete in itself, dealing with the details of Greek athletics. Many of the chapters are taken
from articles published by me in the Journal of Hellenic Studies. The chapters on the Stadium, the Gymnasium, the
Hippodrome and Boxing are entirely new. In the first two of these chapters will be found the latest results of excavations at
Delphi, Epidaurus, Priene and Pergamum, results which are not readily accessible to the English reader.
The arrangement of the work has involved a certain amount of repetition, and the introduction separately and in their
historical order of certain details which it would be clearer perhaps, and certainly more picturesque, to group together. But
it seemed to me worth while to sacrifice something of clearness and effect in order to bring out the historical aspect of the
subject, an aspect which is completely obscured in most of our text-books. Further, I have endeavoured clearly to
distinguish between what is certain and what is conjectural. The words “perhaps” and “possibly” recur, I am only too
conscious, with monotonous persistence. But where the evidence is too inadequate or too contradictory to admit of
certainty, the only safe and honest course is to confess ignorance and to hope that the discovery of some new manuscript
may dispel our doubts. The neglect of this distinction between the conjectural and the certain has been a fertile source of
error.
Great importance has been attached to the evidence of contemporary monuments, and illustrations have been given of the
principal monuments described. In their selection preference has been given ceteris paribus to objects in the British
Museum, because these are likely to be most accessible to the majority of readers. In the case of vases the interpretation
often depends on the composition, and whole scenes have as far as possible been reproduced rather than single figures.
Museum references are appended to the illustrations wherever available, and also some indication of the date of the
objects illustrated. Literary references will be found in the list of illustrations.
Many of the illustrations have been prepared expressly for this book, and for these I am indebted to the careful and
excellent work of Mr. Emery Walker. A large number are reproduced from articles by myself and others which have
appeared in the Journal of Hellenic Studies, and in expressing my thanks to the Council of the Hellenic Society for
permission to reproduce them I should like to render testimony to the value of the Library of that Society to any one who,
like myself, does not live in the vicinity of any great Library. But for the generous facilities which this Society affords for
borrowing books, any work which I have been able to do would have been almost impossible.
In spelling, consistency appears to be unattainable, and I have in the main adopted the compromise recommended in the
Journal of Hellenic Studies. In the case of proper nouns, names of places, people, buildings, festivals, the Latin spelling
has been adopted, in the case of other Greek words the Greek spelling, except where the Latin form is so familiar that any
other form would be pedantic. Names of months are treated as purely Greek words. With regard to ει, ei has been kept
where it occurs in the stem of a word, e is employed usually in terminations.
It is impossible to mention here the many authors whose works I have laid under contribution. Many of my debts are
acknowledged in the notes. But I cannot omit to mention three—Dr. J. H. Krause, of whose work I have already spoken;
Dr. Ernst Curtius, the writer of the chapter on the history of Olympia in the great work which he edited with Dr. Adler; and
Dr. Julius Jüthner, whose Antike Turngeräthe and edition of Philostratus’ Gymnastike published only last year are
indispensable to any student of the subject. To Dr. Jüthner I must also express my thanks for his generous permission to
make use of the illustrations in his work.
Among the many friends who have helped me I should like especially to thank Professor E. A. Gardner, Mr. G. F. Hill,
and Mr. H. B. Walters for their constant readiness to advise me and to give me the benefit of their special knowledge of
Greek sculpture, coins and vases. Many of the illustrations of sculpture are taken from Professor E. A. Gardner’s
Handbook of Greek Sculpture, and the coins have been especially selected for me by Mr. G. F. Hill. Nor must I omit to

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mention Louis Dyer, whose death occurred while I was working on the early history of Olympia. He had himself projected
a work on Olympia, to which I hoped to refer in confirmation of my views. His minute and accurate knowledge, his
readiness to impart his knowledge, his enthusiastic and unselfish sympathy made his death an irreparable loss to me. Many
corrections are due to the conscientious care of another of my friends, Herbert Awdry, who was engaged in reading my
proofs almost up to the day of his death.
It is a fitting circumstance that this book should have been produced under the auspices of Professor Percy Gardner,
seeing that he was unconsciously the originator of it. My interest in the subject was first aroused by the chapter on Olympia
in his New Chapters from Greek History, which I read on my return from a cruise in the “Argonaut,” in the course of
which I had visited Olympia. Professor Percy Gardner has read the book both in manuscript and in proof, and many
improvements are due to his suggestions. He is, however, in no wise responsible for the views expressed, much less for
any errors which I may have committed.
E. NORMAN GARDINER.
Epsom College,
Surrey.

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CONTENTS

List of Illustrations
xv

List of Commonest Abbreviations
xxv

PART I

A HISTORY OF GREEK ATHLETICS AND ATHLETIC FESTIVALS FROM THE
EARLIEST TIMES TO 393 A.D.

1. Introductory
1

2. Athletics in Homer
8

3. The Rise of the Athletic Festival
27

4. The Age of Athletic Festivals, Sixth Century B.C.
62

5. The Age of the Athletic Ideal, 500-440 B.C.
86

6. Professionalism and Specialization, 440-338 B.C.
122

7. The Decline of Athletics, 338-146 B.C.
146

8. Athletics under the Romans
163

9. The Olympic Festival
194

10. The Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean Festivals
208

11. The Athletic Festivals of Athens
227

PART II

THE ATHLETIC EXERCISES OF THE GREEKS

12. The Stadium
251

13. The Foot-Race
270

14. The Jump and Halteres
295

15. Throwing the Diskos
313

16. Throwing the Javelin
338

17. The Pentathlon
359

18. Wrestling
372

19. Boxing
402

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20. The Pankration
435

21. The Hippodrome
451

22. The Gymnasium and the Palaestra
467

BIBLIOGRAPHY
511

INDEX
519

INDEX OF GREEK WORDS
531

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Boxer on steatite pyxis. Cnossus. (B.S.A. vii. p. 95)
10

2. Armed combat on Clazomenae. Sarcophagus in British Museum. (Murray, Sarcophagi in
B.M., Pls. ii., iii.)

21

3. Funeral games on Amphiaraus vase. Berlin, 1655. (Mon. d. I. X., Pls. iv., v.)
29

4. Funeral games on Dipylon vase. Copenhagen. (Arch. Zeit., 1885, Pl. viii.)
30

5. Plan of Olympia (after Dörpfeld)
35

6. Statue of girl runner. Copy of fifth-century original. Vatican. (Helbig, Führer, 2nd Ed., 384.)
(From a photograph by Alinari)

49

7. Apollo, found at Tenea. Munich. (E. A. Gardner, Greek Sculpture, Fig. 20)
87

8. Statue by an Argive sculptor. Delphi. (Greek Sculpture, Fig. 134; Fouilles de Delphes, ii. 1)
89

9. Choiseul-Gouffier Apollo. British Museum.
91

10. Figure from E. pediment of temple at Aegina. Munich. (Greek Sculpture, Fig. 41)
92

11. Bronze statuette from Ligourio. Berlin. (Greek Sculpture, Fig. 39)
93

12. Bronze statuette of Hoplitodromos. Tübingen. (Jahrb., 1886, Pl. ix.)
94

13. Diskobolos, after Myron. (Photograph of bronzed cast made in Munich)
96

14. Doryphoros, after Polycleitus. Naples. (Greek Sculpture, Fig. 74)
98

15. Diadumenos from Vaison, after Polycleitus. (Greek Sculpture, Fig. 75)
100

16. Bronze head of ephebos. Fifth century. Munich, Glyptothek, 457. (From a photograph by
Bruckmann)

102

17. Scenes in palaestra. R.-f. kylix. Munich, 795. (Arch. Zeit., 1878, Pl. xi.)
105

18. Bronze charioteer. Fifth century. Delphi. (Greek Sculpture, Fig. 138; Fouilles de Delphes, II.
xlix. 1)

113

19. The Apoxyomenos. Rome, Vatican. (Greek Sculpture, Fig. 98)
123

20. Statue of Agias by Lysippus. Delphi. (Greek Sculpture, Fig. 141; Fouilles de Delphes, II.
lxiii.)

125

21. Farnese Heracles, by Glycon. Naples. (Greek Sculpture, Fig. 125)
147

22. Athletics under the Romans. Mosaic found at Tusculum. Imperial period. (Mon. d. I. VI., vii.,
Pl. 82)

177

23. Professional boxer. Mosaic from the Thermae of Caracalla. Rome, Lateran. (G. F. Hill,
Illustrations to the Classics, Fig. 400; Secchi, Musaico Antoniniano)

190

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xvi

24. Silver staters of Elis, in British Museum. Fifth century, (a) Head of nymph Olympia; (b)
Victory seated, with palm

194

25. Judge crowning a victor. Interior of r.-f. kylix. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, 532. (Arch.
Zeit., 1853, lii. 3; Luynes, xlv.)

206

26. Phyllobolia. Interior of r.-f. kylix. Canino Coll. (Gerh. A. V. 274, 1)
206

27. Copper coins of Delphi, in British Museum. Imperial period. (a) Prize table, bearing crow, five
apples, vase and crown. (b) Ins. Πύθια in crown of bay leaves. (B.M. Coins, Delphi, 39, 38)

208

28. Copper coin of Corinth, in British Museum. Imperial period. Ins. Ἵσθμια in crown of pine
leaves. (B.M. Coins, Corinth, 603)

214

29. 30. Silver vase. Imperial period. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale. (Le Prévost, Mém. sur la
collection des Vases de Bernay, Pls. viii., ix.)

220,
222

31. Copper coin of Argos, in British Museum. Imperial period. Ins. Νέμεια in crown of celery.
(B.M. Coins, Argos, 170)

223

32. Flute-players. Small Panathenaic (?) amphora, in British Museum, B. 188. Sixth century
231

33. Panathenaic festival. B.-f. kylix, in British Museum, B. 80. (J.H.S. i., Pl vii.)
233

34. Apobates. Votive relief. Hellenistic period. Athens, Acropolis Museum. (B.C.H. vii., Pl. xvii.)
238

35. Pyrrhic chorus. Monument of Atarbus. Fourth century. Athens, Acropolis Museum. (Hill,
Illustrations to the Classics, Fig. 417; Beulé, L’Acropole d’Athènes, ii., Pl. iv.)

240

36. Victorious boat on stele of Helvidius. Imperial period. Athens, National Museum. (Ἐφ. Ἀρχ.,
1862, Pl. xxix.; von Sybel, Katalog, 3300)

241

37. Proclaiming a victor. Panathenaic amphora, in British Museum, B. 144. Sixth century
243

38. Crowning a victor. Panathenaic amphora, in British Museum, B. 138. Sixth century
244

39. Acrobatic scene. Panathenaic (?) amphora from Camirus. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, 243.
(Salzmann, Nécropole de Cameiros, Pl. lvii.)

245

40. Marble chair of judge at Panathenaea. (Stuart and Revett, Antiquities of Athens, iii. 3, p. 20)
246

41. Portion of starting lines at Olympia. (Olympia, Tafelb. i. 47)
253

42. The stadium of Epidaurus, S. E. corner, showing starting lines and rectangular end. (From a
photograph by Mr. Emery Walker)

255

43. Plan of stadium at Epidaurus. (Πρακτικά, 1902, Pl. i.)
258

44. Plan of stadium at Delphi. (B.C.H., 1899, Pl. xiii.)
258

45. The starting lines at Delphi. (From a photograph by Mr. Emery Walker)
260

46. The stadium of Delphi
262

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47. Hoplitodromos starting. R.-f. amphora. Louvre. (J.H.S. xxiii. p. 270; Bull. Nap. nouv. sér. vi.
7)

274

48. Runner starting. R.-f. kylix. Formerly at Naples. (J.H.S. xxiii. p. 271; Dubois-Maisonneuve,
Pl. xxv.; Inghirami, Mon. Etrusc. v. 2, Pl. lxx.)

275

49. Runner starting. R.-f. kylix. Chiusi. (Hartwig, Meisterschalen, Fig. 6)
276

50. Dolichodromoi. Panathenaic amphora. Sixth century. (Mon. d. I. I., xxii. 7 b)
279

51. Dolichodromoi. Panathenaic amphora. British Museum, B. 609. Archonship of Niceratus, 333
B.C. (Hill, Illustrations to the Classics, Fig. 390)

280

52. Stadiodromoi. Panathenaic amphora. Munich, 498. Sixth century. (Mon. d. I. X., xlviii., l, m)
281

53. Stadiodromoi. Panathenaic amphora. Fourth century. (Stephani, C. R. Atlas, 1876, Pl. i.)
283

54. Hoplitodromoi, boxers, wrestlers. R.-f. kylix of Euphronius. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale,
523. (Hartwig, Meisterschalen, Pl. xvi.; J.H.S. xxiii. p. 278.) For interior vide Fig. 115

286

55. Hoplitodromoi; the turn. R.-f. kylix. Formerly in Berlin. (J.H.S. xxiii. p. 278; Jahrb., 1895, p.
190)

287

56. Hoplitodromoi. R.-f. kylix. Berlin, 2307. (J.H.S. xxiii. p. 277; Gerh. A.V. 261)
288

57. Hoplitodromoi; the finish. R.-f. kylix. British Museum, E. 818. (J.H.S. xxiii. p. 285)
289

58. Hoplitodromoi. Panathenaic amphora. British Museum, B. 608. Archonship of Pythodelus,
336 B.C. (Mon. d. I. X., xlviii. e, 3)

290

59. Hoplitodromoi. R.-f. kylix. Munich, 1240. (J.H.S. xxiii. p. 284)
292

60. Leaden halter from Eleusis. Athens, National Museum, 9075. (Ἐφ. Ἀρχ., 1883, 190; Jüthner,
Ant. Turn. Fig. 1)

298

61. Photograph of halteres in British Museum, (a) Cast of stone halter from Olympia (Jüthner, Fig.
9). (b) Limestone halter from Camirus (B.M. Guide to Greek and Roman Life, Fig. 41). (c)
Leaden halter (J.H.S. xxiv. p. 182)

299

62. Stone halter from Corinth. Athens, National Museum. (Ἐφ. Ἀρχ., 1883, p. 103; Jüthner, Ant.
Turn. Fig. 8)

300

63. Jumper and flute-player. R.-f. pelike. British Museum, E. 427. (J.H.S. xxiv. p. 185)
302

64. Jumpers, akontistes, diskobolos, flute-player. R.-f. krater. Copenhagen (?). (J.H.S. xxiv. p.
185; Annali, 1846, M.)

303

65. Jumpers practising and paidotribes. R.-f. kylix. Bologna. (J.H.S. xxiv. p. 186; Jüthner, Ant.
Turn. Fig. 16)

304

66. Jumpers, diskobolos, paidotribai. R.-f. kylix. Bourguignon Coll. (Arch. Zeit., 1884, xvi.) For
interior vide Fig. 80

305

67. Jumper about to land. B.-f. amphora. British Museum, B. 48. (J.H.S. xxiv. p. 183, ii. p. 219;
Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig. 15)

306

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68. Jumper running. R.-f. kylix. Chiusi. (J.H.S. xxiv. p. 188; Klein, Euphronios, p. 306)
307

69. Standing jump without halteres. R.-f. pelike belonging to Dr. Hauser. (J.H.S. xxiii. p. 272;
Jahrb., 1895, p. 185)

309

70. Youth swinging halteres. R.-f. oinochoe. British Museum, E. 561. (J.H.S. xxiv. p. 192)
311

71. Diskobolos holding stone diskos. B.-f. amphora. British Museum, B. 271. (J.H.S. xxvii. Pl. i.)
For reverse vide Fig. 141

314

72. Bronze diskos found at Aegina. Berlin. (Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig. 20)
315

73. Bronze diskos of Exoïdas. British Museum, 3207
317

74. Marking the throw of diskos. (a) R.-f. kylix. Chiusi. (b) R.-f. kylix of Hischylus. Würzburg,
357, A. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 11; Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig. 27)

320

75. The standing diskobolos. Vatican. Copy of fifth-century original. (From a photograph by
Anderson)

321

76. Palaestra scene; diskobolos, akontistes. R.-f. kylix. British Museum, E. 6. (J.H.S. xxiii. p. 273)
323

77. Diskobolos, flute-player. B.-f. kelebe. British Museum, B. 361. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 15)
324

78. Diskobolos. R.-f. krater of Amasis. Corneto. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 16; Hartwig, Meisterschalen,
Fig. 56 a)

324

79. Diskobolos and paidotribes. R.-f. pelike. British Museum, E. 395. (J.H.S. xxvii. Pl. iii.)
325

80. Diskobolos. Interior of Fig. 66
326

81. Bronze statuette of diskobolos. Fifth century. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 18; Burlington Fine Arts Club,
1903, Pl. 50)

326

82. Diskobolos, paidotribes. B.-f. lekythos. British Museum, B. 576. (J.H.S. xxvii. Pl. ii.)
328

83. Bronze statuette of diskobolos. New York. (Bulletin of Metropolitan Museum of Art, iii. p.
32)

329

84. Bronze statuette of diskobolos. British Museum, 675. Fifth century. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 22)
330

85. Diskobolos. R.-f. kylix. Louvre. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 27; Hartwig, Meisterschalen, lxiii. 2)
331

86. Coins of Cos, in British Museum, representing diskobolos. Fifth century. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 30)
332

87. Diskobolos. Panathenaic amphora. Naples, Race. Cum. 184. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 32; Jüthner,
Ant. Turn. Fig. 31)

333

88. Diskobolos, flute-player, paidotribes, youth fastening amentum, skapanai. B.-f. hydria. British
Museum, E. 164. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 32; B.C.H., 1899, p. 164)

334

89. Diskobolos. R.-f. kylix. Boulogne, Musée Municipale. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 33; Le Musée, ii. p.
281)

335

90. Diskobolos. B.-f. hydria. Vienna, 318. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 34)
336

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91. Youth fastening amentum. R.-f. kylix. Würzburg, 432. (Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig. 37)
340

92. Various methods of attaching the amentum. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 250)
341

93. Warrior holding spear by amentum. B.-f. kylix. British Museum, B. 380. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 252)
342

94. Warriors throwing spears with amenta. François vase, Florence. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 253;
Furtwängler, Vasenmalerei, Pl. xiii.)

343

95. Illustrations of use of the throwing thong. (a, b) Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Figs. 47, 48.
Reconstruction of throw, (c) Detail from B.M. Vases, B. 134. (d) The ounep of New Caledonia.

344

96. Palaestra scene; a wrestling lesson, preparations for javelin-throwing. R.-f. psykter.
Bourguignon Coll. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 259; Antike Denkmale, ii. 20)

345

97. Akontistes. B.-f. stamnos. Vatican. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 261; Mus. Greg. II. xvii.)
346

98. Mounted warriors throwing javelins by means of amenta. B.-f. vase. Athens, Acropolis
Museum, 606. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 261; B. Graef. Die antiken Vasen v. d. Acropolis, Pl. xxxi.)

347

99. Diskobolos, akontistes, boxer fastening himantes. R.-f. amphora, in British Museum, E. 256.
(J.H.S. xxvii. Pl. xix.)

348

100. Akontistai. R.-f. kylix. Munich, 562 A. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 262; Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig. 41)
349

101. Akontistai. R.-f. kylix. Berlin, 3139 inv. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 263; Hartwig, Meisterschalen, Pl.
xlvi.)

350

102. Akontistes. R.-f. kylix. Torlonia, 270 (148). (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 264; Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig.
49)

351

103. Akontistes, diskobolos, skapane. R.-f. amphora. Munich, 408. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 265;
Furtwängler, Vasenmalerei, xlv.)

353

104. Akontistes. R.-f. kylix. Rome(?) (Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig. 43)
354

105. Akontistes. R.-f. kylix. Berlin, 2728. (J.H.S. xxvii. p. 268; Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig. 42)
355

106. Throwing the javelin on horseback. Panathenaic amphora. British Museum. (J.H.S. xxvii. Pl.
xx.)

357

107. Pentathlon. Panathenaic amphora. British Museum, B. 134. Sixth century. (J.H.S. xxvii. Pl.
xviii.)

360

108. Pentathlon. Panathenaic amphora. Leyden. Sixth century. (Arch. Zeit., 1881, ix.)
361

109. Wrestling types on coins, in British Museum. (J.H.S. xxv. p. 271.) (a, b, c) Aspendus, fifth
and fourth centuries; (d) Heraclea in Lucania, fourth century; (e, f) Syracuse, circa 400 B.C.; (g)
Alexandria, Antoninus Pius

372

110. One of a pair of wrestling-boys, generally known as diskoboloi. Hellenistic period. Naples.
(From a photograph by Brogi)

379

111. Wrestling. Panathenaic amphora. British Museum, B. 603. Archonship of Polyzelus, 367 B.C.
(J.H.S. xxv. p. 263)

381

xx

112. Theseus and Cercyon wrestling. R.-f. kylix. British Museum, E. 84. (J.H.S. xxv. p. 264)
382

113. Wrestling group from b.-f. amphora. British Museum. B. 295. Vide Fig. 143. (J.H.S. xxv. p.
270)

383

114. The flying mare. R.-f. kylix. British Museum, E. 94. (J.H.S. xxv. p. 268)
384

115. The flying mare. Interior of Fig. 54
385

116. Wrestling groups. Prize vase. R.-f. krater of Andocides. Berlin, 2159. (J.H.S. xxv. p. 270;
American Journal of Archaeology, 1896, p. 11)

386

117. Wrestling. R.-f. krater. Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 288. (J.H.S. xxv. p. 274; Catalogue
of Ashmolean Museum, Pl. xiii.)

387

118. Reverse of Fig. 143
388

119. Peleus and Atalanta. B.-f. amphora. Munich, 584. (J.H.S. xxv. p. 275; Gerh. A. V. 177)
389

120. Wrestling, cross-buttock. Panathenaic amphora. Boulogne, Musée Municipale, 441. Sixth
century. (Le Musée, ii. p. 275, Fig. 15)

390

121. Wrestling groups. B.-f. amphora. Munich, 1336. (J.H.S. xxv. Pl. xii.)
391

122. Wrestling group, paidotribes. R.-f. kylix. Philadelphia. (Trans. of University of
Pennsylvania, 1907, Pl. xxxv.)

392

123. Wrestling groups, brabeutes. B.-f. amphora. Munich, 495. (J.H.S. xxv. Pl. xii.)
393

124. Theseus and Cercyon. R.-f. kylix. British Museum, E. 48. (J.H.S. xxv. p. 285)
394

125. Theseus and Cercyon. R.-f. kylix. British Museum, E. 36. (J.H.S. xxv. p. 285)
394

126. Theseus and Cercyon. Metope of Theseum. (J.H.S. xxv. p. 286; Greek Sculpture, Fig. 66)
395

127. Bronze wrestling group. Paris. (Clarac, 802, 2014; Reinach, Musée de Saint-Germain-en-
Laye, 124)

396

128. Wrestling, cross-buttock. B.-f. amphora. Vatican. (J.H.S. xxv. p. 288; Mus. Greg. xvii. 1, a)
397

129. Bronze wrestling group. British Museum. (J.H.S. xxv. Pl. xi.)
398

130. Bronze wrestling group. St. Petersburg. (Stephani, C.R., 1867, i. 1, 5; J.H.S. xxv. p. 290)
399

131. Bronze wrestling group. Constantinople. (J.H.S. xxv. p. 291; Jahrb., 1898, xi.)
400

132. Boxers taking the oath. R.-f. kylix. British Museum, E. 63. (Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig. 54)
403

133. Boxing scenes. R.-f. kylix of Duris. British Museum, E. 39. (J.H.S. xxvi. Pl. xii.; Jüthner, Ant.
Turn. Fig. 53)

404

134. Interior of Fig. 151
406

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135. Boxers. Panathenaic amphora. British Museum, B. 607. Archonship of Pytliodelus, B.C. 336.
(Mon. d. I. X., xlviii. e, 2; Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig. 67)

407

136. Statue of boxer seated. Rome, Terme Museum. (From a photograph by Anderson)
408

137. Right hand of boxer from Sorrento. Naples. (Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig. 63)
409

138. Caestus from mosaic in the thermae of Caracalla. Rome, Lateran. (Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig.
74)

411

139. Boxers (?) fighting over prize. Bronze situla. Watsch. (Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig. 61; Mitth. d.
Central. Comm., 1883, Pl. ii.)

412

140. Boxers fighting over tripod. Fragment of b.-f. situla from Daphnae. British Museum, B. 124.
(Tanis, ii. 30)

413

141. Boxer giving signal of defeat. B.-f. amphora in British Museum, B. 271. For reverse vide Fig.
71

416

142. Boxers, runners, jumper, wearing loin-cloth. B.-f. stamnos. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale,
252. (De Ridder, Catalogue des Vases peints, i. p. 160)

418

143. Boxers, wrestlers. B.-f. amphora of Nicosthenes. British Museum, B. 295. Vide Figs. 113,
118

420

144. Boxers. Panathenaic amphora. Berlin, 1831. Sixth century. (Jüthner, Ant. Turn. Fig. 60)
422

145. Boxers. Panathenaic amphora. Campana Coll. Sixth century. (Stephani, C.R., 1876, 109,
44)

423

146. Boxers. R.-f. kylix of Pamphaeus. Corneto. (Marquardt, Pentathlon, Pl. i.; Mon. d. I. XI.,
xxiv.)

424

147. Boxers. Panathenaic amphora. Louvre, F. 278. Sixth century. (J.H.S. xxvi. p. 222)
425

148. Boxers. Panathenaic amphora. British Museum, B. 612. Fourth century
427

149. Marble head of boxer, with ear-lappets. Formerly in possession of Fabretti. (Schreiber,
Atlas, xxiv. 8; Fabretti, De Columna Trajani, p. 267)

433

150. Boxers, akontistes, diskobolos, runners. B.-f. hydria. British Museum, B. 326. (Marquardt,
Pentathlon, Pl. ii.)

433

151. Pankration, boxing, hoplitodromos. R.-f. kylix. British Museum, E. 78. (J.H.S. xxvi. Pl. xiii.)
436

152. Pankration. R.-f. kylix. Baltimore. (J.H.S. xxvi. p. 9; Hartwig, Meisterschalen, Pl. lxiv.)
437

153. Pankration. Fragment of R.-f. kylix. Berlin. (J.H.S. xxvi. p. 8; Hartwig, Meisterschalen, Fig.
12)

438

154. Pankration. Panathenaic amphora. Sixth century. (Mon. d. I. I., xxii.)
439

155. Pankration. Panathenaic amphora. Sixth century. (Mon. d. I. I. xxii.)
440

156. Heracles and Antaeus. B.-f. hydria, Munich, 114. (J.H.S. xxvi. p. 21; Arch. Zeit., 1878, x.)
441

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157. Pankration. Panathenaic amphora of Kittos. British Museum, B. 604. Fourth century. (J.H.S.
xxvi. Pl. iii.)

442

158. Pankration. Panathenaic amphora. British Museum, B. 610. Archonship of Nicetes, 332 B.C.
(J.H.S. xxvi. Pl. iv.)

443

159. Pankration. Panathenaic amphora. Lamberg Coll. (J.H.S. i. Pl. vi.)
444

160. Heracles and Triton. B.-f. amphora. British Museum, B. 223. (J.H.S. xxvi. p. 15)
445

161. Heracles and Antaeus. R.-f. kylix. Athens. (J.H.S. x. Pl. i.; xxvi. p. 11)
446

162. Wrestling groups on Graeco-Roman gems in British Museum. (J.H.S. xxvi. p. 10)
447

163. Marble group of pankratiasts. Uffizi Palace, Florence. (Photograph by Brogi)
449

164. Plan of Aphesis in Hippodrome at Olympia. (After Weniger. Clio, 1909, p. 303)
453

165. Four-horse chariot-race. Panathenaic amphora found at Sparta. Sixth century. (B.S.A. xiii. Pl.
v.)

456

166. Two-horse chariot-race. Panathenaic amphora. British Museum, B. 132. Sixth century
458

167. Coins of Philip II. of Macedon, in British Museum, (a) Silver tetradrachm; victorious jockey
with palm branch, (b) Gold stater; two-horse chariot

459

168. Silver tetradrachm of Rhegium, in British Museum. Early fifth century. Mule chariot
460

169. Riding-race. Panathenaic amphora. British Museum, B. 133. Sixth century
461

170. Silver staters of Tarentum, in British Museum. Third century. (a) Mounted torch-bearer. (b)
Apobates dismounting

462

171. Silver tetradrachms of Catana, in British Museum. Fifth century. Four-horse chariot
464

172. Silver decadrachms of Sicily, in British Museum. Four-horse chariot, (a) Agrigentum, 413-
406 B.C. (b) Syracuse, 400-360 B.C.

465

173. Scenes in gymnasium. Boxers, wrestlers, paidotribai, diskobolos, akontistes. R.-f. kylix.
Canino Coll. (Gerh. A. V. 271)

473

174. Riding lesson in gymnasium. R.-f. kylix. Munich, 515. (Arch. Zeit., 1885, xi.)
474

175. Scenes in apodyterion of gymnasium. R.-f. kylix. Copenhagen. (Gerh. A. V. 281)
475

176. Scene in apodyterion. R.-f. krater. Berlin, 2180. (Arch. Zeit., 1879, 4)
476

177. Boxing, massage. Bronze cista. Vatican. (Mus. Greg. i. 37)
477

178. Korykos. Small r.-f. amphora. St. Petersburg, Hermitage, 1611. (Annali, 1870, R.)
478

179. Korykos. Ficoroni cista. Kirchner Museum, Rome. (Müller-Wieseler, Denkmäl. d. alt.
Kunst, i. 61, 309)

479

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