O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Pilot publishing company · leaf 55
nd extended lay. Here we see that the Greek l)oxer wore a beltlike the modern, and that he fouoht in a rino-; butof the details of this fight we can judge nothing. There is a boxing match, however, in the^Eneid, between Dares and the aged Entellus,in which the manner of the fis^ht is 2:iven… … HE AYASTES HIS FORCES ON THE WIND. (Instantaneous Photograph.) This said, Entellus for the fight prepares,Stripped of his quilted coat, his body bares:Composed of mighty bones and brawn he stands,A goodly, towering object on the sands.Then just ^Eneas equal arms supplied,Which round their shoulders…
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