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- Episkyros, or episcyrus (Ancient Gr****: επίσκυρος, epískyros, lit. 'upon the skyros'; also eπίκοινος, epíkoinos, lit. 'upon the public') was an Ancient...
- ball was kicked through goals". Phaininda and episkyros were Gr**** ball games. An image of an episkyros player depicted in low relief on a stele of c...
- game called phaininda (Gr****: φαινίνδα), or of another Gr**** game called episkyros (Gr****: ἐπίσκυρος). It involved considerable speed, agility and physical...
- Spartans, known for their military prowess, engaged in team sports like the episkyros, a type of football. Rome adopted and adapted many Gr**** sports, introducing...
- regulations Ancient games Caid Cuju Calcio Fiorentino English school games Episkyros Harpastum La soule Marn Grook Medieval Ba Camping Cnapan Cornish hurling...
- test of quickness and skill. Pollux (i. x. 104) mentions a game called episkyros (ἐπίσκυρος), which has often been looked on as the origin of football...
- regulations Ancient games Caid Cuju Calcio Fiorentino English school games Episkyros Harpastum La soule Marn Grook Medieval Ba Camping Cnapan Cornish hurling...
- the sport Ancestors Caid Cuju Calcio Fiorentino English school games Episkyros Harpastum La soule Marn Grook Medieval Ba Camping Cnapan Cornish hurling...
- believed to have been adapted from a Gr**** team game known as "ἐπίσκυρος" (Episkyros) or "φαινίνδα" (phaininda), which is mentioned by a Gr**** playwright,...
- lighter balls of inflated rubber, allowing younger children to join in. Episkyros - ancient Gr**** ball game Handball - team sport with two teams of seven...