Greek athletic sports and festivals (1910) (14747352406)

Identifier: greekathleticspo00gard (find matches)
Title: Greek athletic sports and festivals
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Gardiner, E. Norman (Edward Norman), 1864-1930
Subjects: Athletics Sports Olympics Fasts and feasts
Publisher: London : Macmillan and Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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Fig. 174.—R.-f. kylix. Munich, 515. the usual official staff and holds in his right hand a jumping-weight; the other holds in one hand a rod or javelin, in theother a thong for throwing the javelin, but it is not quiteclear what his attitude means. The youth who looks on, leaningupon a pole, may be either a youthful assistant or a spectator. XXII LIFE IN THE GYMNASIUM 475 Another kylix gives a vivid picture of the discipline of thegymnasium (Fig. 173). On one side are a pair of wrestlers,and looking on at them is an instructor wearing his robe, lean-ing on his staff with his right hand, while in his left he holdsthe forked rod with which he enforces discipline. On the otherside is an instructor in the act of using this rod on some boxers.The youth who stands behind the first instructor with the
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Fig. 175.—R.-f. kylix. Copenhagen. pick may be another boxer taking this form of exercise, butthe mantle rolled up round his waist suggests rather that he isan assistant who is loosening the ground of the skamma usedby wrestlers and jumpers. On the interior of this vase is athird instructor, and a youth who seems to be measuring theground with his feet, perhaps measuring the throw of a javelin,for he holds in his hands a javelin and its thong. The care-less drawing of this amentum caused it to be misinterpreted 476 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CHAP. formerly as a pair of compasses. Another figure frequentlydepicted in these scenes is the flute-player,^ who is usuallydressed in a long, gaudy robe, and wears round his head acurious sort of muzzle called ^op/^eta. These flute-players wereprobably slaves attached to the gymnasium. Many of the exercises depicted require considerable space.The javelin and diskos could hardly be thrown with safety inthe court of an ordinary palaestr