Ancient Olympic Games,Wrestling
Wrestling is recorded as being introduced at the 18th Olympiad. Three throws were necessary for win. A throw was counted if the body,hip,back or shoulder (and possibly knee) touched the ground. If both competitors fell nothing was counted. The Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. They were held in honor of Zeus,and the Greeks gave them a mythological origin. The games were held every four years,or olympiad,which became a unit of time in historical chronologies. The main events at each of the games were chariot racing,wrestling,boxing,pankration,stadion and various other foot races,and the pentathlon (wrestling,stadion,long jump,javelin throw,and discus throw). Except for the chariot race,all the events were performed nude. No artist credited,undated.
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