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If you think the ancient Greeks also didn't press upon their contestants to win for the glory of their city state, then I'm not sure what to tell you.
by cercatrova 4y ago
If you think the ancient Greeks also didn't press upon their contestants to win for the glory of their city state, then I'm not sure what to tell you.
- Tao3300 4y ago> Philostratus of Athens writes in his Gymnasticus that Arrichion's failure to submit to his opponent was the result of his trainer, Eryxias, shouting to him, "What a noble epitaph, 'He was never defeated at Olympia.'"