Window into the Bible
Wrestling and Boxing
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Cup (Kylix) showing Wrestlers and Trainers
Date: 490 – 480 BC Place: Athens, Greece
Photographed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts USA.
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“For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” 1 Timothy 4:8
Bronze Bowl with Wrestlers
Date: 520 – 480 BC
Place: probably Picene district, Italy
Photographed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts USA.
This type of shallow bowl was used to wash feet before a banquet or in athletic training grounds.
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Marble Relief showing Athletes
Date: 510 BC Place: Athens, Greece
Photographed at the National Archeological Museum of Athens, Athens, Greece.
This relief was from the base of a funerary kouros. It shows two wrestlers in action. At the left is an athlete ready to jump and at the right a person preparing the pit. |
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Panathenaic Prize Amphora Depicting Wrestling and Boxing
Date: 332-331 BC. Place: Capua, Italy
Photographed at the British Museum, London, England.
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Two athletes compete in the pankration which is a mixture of wrestling and boxing. The trainer, wearing a cloak, steps in to prevent a foul.
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Panathenaic Prize Amphora Signed by the Potter Kittos Depicting Wrestling and Boxing
Date: 367/6 BC. Place: Tocra, Libya
Photographed at the British Museum, London, England.
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“Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air.” 1 Corinthians 9:26
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Wall Painting of Children Boxing
Date: 1650 -1500 BC Place: Akrotiri, Thera [Santorini]
Photographed at the National Archeological Museum of Athens, Athens, Greece.
This shows two naked children wearing belts and boxing gloves. |
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Boxer Date: 2nd – 1st century BC Place: From Greece, found in Rome
Photographed at the National Museum of Rome, Rome, Italy.
A comment from archaeologist who discovered this: “ . . . I have witnessed, in my long career in the active field of archaeology, many discoveries; I have experienced surprise after surprise; I have sometimes and most unexpectedly met with real masterpieces; but I have never felt such an extraordinary impression as the one created by the sight of this magnificent specimen of a semi-barbaric athlete, coming slowly out of the ground, as if awakening from a long repose after his gallant fights.” (Rodolfo Lanciani, Ancient Rome, London, 1888.) |