sports_martial_arts

Pankration

Παγκράτιον

Description

Ancient Greek combat event, the third of the "heavy events" after wrestling and boxing, which it combined: a fight won by submission or incapacity in which only biting and gouging were barred. It was fought at the Olympic and other crown games; Arrichion of Phigalia is its most famous champion.

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pankration · ancient · greece

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Pankration. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPXPZ0K3FVDZH6WQG1B - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JWHXPXPZ0K3FVDZH6WQG1B, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Pankration}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPXPZ0K3FVDZH6WQG1B}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }

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