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Ancient Greek boxing

Πυγμαχία

Also known as

Pygmachia

Description

Boxing of ancient Greece, known from Minoan and Mycenaean art and Homer, an Olympic event from 688 BCE. Bouts had no rounds and were won by knockout or submission; boxers wrapped their hands in leather thongs, later in harder "sharp thongs", from which the Roman caestus grew.

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Tags

boxing · ancient · greece

Sources

Ancient Greek boxing - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info

Identifiers

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Ancient Greek boxing. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPXVN2GWPT338C6HCAW - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JWHXPXVN2GWPT338C6HCAW, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Ancient Greek boxing}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPXVN2GWPT338C6HCAW}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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