The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 146
sanias there are some curious and interestinganecdotes of the games. For example, he saw the statue ofthe boy Pisirodus, who was brought to the Olympian Games byhis mother disguised as a trainer, because no women wereallowed to be present. They say that Diagoras camewith his sons Acusilaus and… … English Photo O., Athtni Plate 18. HEAD OK APOLLO, FROM THE WESTERNPEDIMENT, OLYMPIA (Scc|p. 70) THE AGES OF TRANSITIONTimanthes, the strong man, who won the pancration. Hehad ceased practising as an athlete, but still he continued totest his strength by bending a mighty bow every day. Well,he went…
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