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Antisthenes (c. 445-365 BCE) was a Greek philosopher who founded the Cynic School of Athens. He was a follower of Socrates and appears in Plato's Phaedo as one of those present at Socrates' death. He is one of the primary interlocutors in...

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In this collection of resources, we examine some of the sports that thrilled ancient and medieval audiences from the fast and furious chariot races of the Circus Maximus to the colour and pageantry of medieval jousts. We look at the hockey...

This Attic vase shows Hercules wrestling the Nemean Lion in one of his 12 labours. Late 6th, early 5th century BCE. Athena looks on from the right.(Archaeological Museum, Milan).

On the left, two men are wrestling while on the right there are two musicians; the musician on the left seems to play the lyre. Archaic Period, late 6th century BCE. From Xanthos, Kınık, in modern-day Turkey. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul...

An 1888 oil on canvas, Vision after the Sermon, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), the French post-impressionist painter. The scene shows Breton women in their traditional headgear watching an enactment of a sermon they have just heard (from the...

The stadium of Kourion is located between the archaeological site of Kourion and the Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates in Cyprus. It was constructed during the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius in the 2nd century CE and was used for the sports of...

Jacob wrestling with an angel or God. Palantine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily

In Act I, Scene II of William Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It (1599), Orlando (far right) wins the wrestling match and impresses Rosalind and Celia (center). Hand-colored engraving by Charles W. Sharpe after Daniel Maclise, 19th century...

A bronze statue of a pankratiast (2nd century BCE). The leather thongs wrapped around the fist, worn by later exponents of this viiolent mix of wrestling and boixing, can be clearly seen. (Olympia Archaeological Museum, Olympia)