Wonders of bodily strength and skill : in all ages and all countries (1873)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York : Scribner, Armstrong & Co. · leaf 38
hrow theother—the one object to be achieved in upright wrestling. WRESTLING AND WRESTLERS. 31 In order to succeed in doing so, the wrestler grasped hisopponent by the arms, dragged him forward, drove him back,seized him by the throat, twisted his neck till he cried out,entwined his own limbs with… … Wrestlers. (From an Etruscan tomb at ChiusL) while others, lowering their heads, threw themselves forward,butting like rams. This was not all. Observe, says Lucian, how one lifts his adversary by the legs, as they do in thegymnasiums, throws him to the earth, casts himself uponhim, prevents him…
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