Wonders of bodily strength and skill, in all ages and countries (1885)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 115
from head to foot, but at least withhelmet and shield. These racers were called ho;plitodromot 112 WONDERS OF BODILY STRENGTH AND SKILL. —heavy armed runners. Another variety of contest wasthe torch-race, which was run either on foot or on horse-back, and consisted either in bearing the lighted… … Torch Race. (From a painted vase in the Hamilton collection.) Xenophon remarks that athletes who devoted themselvesto running were generally remarkable for their great limbsand their narrow shoulders, the opposite being the case withthe wrestlers. The racers of antiquity who purposed competing at…
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