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Ancyle or
Ankyle (Ancient Gr****: Ἀγκυλή) was the name of two
demoi of
ancient Attica:
Upper Ancyle and
Lower Ancyle. They were
located east of
Athens and...
- An
amentum (Gr****: αγκύλη,
ankyle,) was a
leather strap attached to a
javelin used in
ancient Gr**** athletics, hunting, and warfare,
which helped to increase...
- with the aid of a
thong (
ankyle in Gr****) that was
wound around the
middle of the shaft.
Athletes held the
javelin by the
ankyle, a
leather strap around...
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transferred to XI.Antigonis and went back at the end of the
Macedonian period.
Ankyle: no
special designations of
either section are preserved,
although they...
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Lower Ancyle or
Ankyle Hypenerthen (Ancient Gr****: Ἀγκυλή ὑπένερθεν) was the name of a deme of
ancient Attica. It was
located east of
Athens and bordering...
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Upper Ancyle or
Ankyle Kathyperthen (Ancient Gr****: Ἀγκυλή καθύπερθεν) was the name of a deme of
ancient Attica. It was
located east of
Athens and bordering...
- the
modern event derives. In
ancient competitions,
athletes would wrap an
ankyle (thin
leather strip)
around the
javelin that
acted as a
sling to facilitate...
- (phyle) of
Ancient Athens which contained twenty demes:
Lower and
Upper Ankyle, Araphen, Bate, Diomeia, Erchia, Erikeia, Gargettos,
Halae Araphenides,...
