Window into the Bible
Other Sports
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Discus Thrower
Date: 140 BC
Photographed at the National Museum of Rome, Rome, Italy.
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The apostle Paul wrote: “Similarly if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor’s crown unless he competes according to the rules.” 2 Timothy 2:5.
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Cup (Kylix) showing a Youth with Discus
Date: 500 BC Place: Tarquinia, Italy
Photographed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts USA. |
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Discus Commemorating a Victory at the Funeral Games
Date: 500 BC Place: possibly Mt Hymettus in Attica [Greece]
Photographed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts USA.
Weight: 15 pounds, made from marble. |
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Bronze Discus
Date: unknown Place: Corfu, Greece
Photographed at the British Museum, London, England.
4kg weight. The average Greek discus weighed 2 ½ kg, half a kilogram more than the minimum weight for a modern discus. |
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Bronze Discus with Engraved Design
Date: 5th c BC. Place: Sicily
Photographed at the British Museum, London, England.
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2.075kg weight. Engraved on this discus is the figure of an athlete.
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Marble Relief showing Hockey Type Game
Date: 510 BC Place: Athens, Greece
Photographed at the National Archeological Museum of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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This relief shows six athletes playing a game similar to modern hockey with a ball and curved sticks.
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Amphora showing Chariot Race
Date: 510 BC Place: Rhodes
Photographed at the National Archeological Museum of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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This Attic black figured amphora shows a quadriga with a charioteer ready to start a chariot race.