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pankratiast, Hermolycus, son of Euthynus.
Polyaemus describes King
Philip II, the
father of
Alexander the Great,
practicing with
another pankratiast while...
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Thasos (boxer,
pankratiast and runner)
Sostratus of
Sicyon (
pankratiast,
notorious for his finger-breaking technique)
Dioxippus (
pankratiast,
crowned champion...
- of
Phigalia (Gr****: Αρριχίων ο Φιγαλεύς) (died 564 BC) was a
champion pankratiast in the
ancient Olympic Games. He died
while successfully defending his...
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Dioxippus (Ancient Gr****: Διώξιππος) was an
ancient Gr****
pankratiast,
renowned for his
Olympic victories in the
sport of pankration. His fame and skill...
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exception of
biting and gouging,
which were banned. The fighters,
called pankratiasts,
fought until someone could not
continue or
signaled submission by raising...
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Pankratiast in
fighting stance,
Ancient Gr**** red-figure amphora, 440 BC....
- self-improvement. Marisa, a
giant muscular Italian jewelry designer and an MMA-
pankratiast of Gr**** descent,
whose medium-length red hair
resembles a gladiator...
- used for
cleaning off oil and dirt
Ancient Gr**** sprinters, c. 530 B.C.
Pankratiasts fighting on a
Roman relief The
large glutes and
muscular proportions...
- from the black-figured vases, was the
strong man, wrestler, boxer, or
pankratiast. Many
stories were told of
their strength. One of them,
named Bybon,...
- in "junior boxing" in 385. His
brother Eukarpidês was also an
Olympic pankratiast winner in 381.
Sport in the
ancient world from A to Z By Mark Golden...
