Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art

by Walter Woodburn Hyde

[1663] See Krause, pp. 497 f. Ph., 9, says that it was an invention of the Spartans and was first used among the Bebrykes.

[1664] P., V, 7.10; cf. Plut., Quaest. conviv., VIII, 4.4 (which speaks of victories of Apollo in boxing).

[1665] P., V, 8.4.

[1666] XXIII, 660.

[1667] Plut., l. c.

[1668] The schol. on Pindar, Nem., V, 89, Boeckh, p. 465, says that Theseus instituted the art of boxing.

[1669] P., V, 8. 7; Afr., s. v. Onomastos; Ph., 12; Homeric Hymn to Apollo, 149; cf. Foerster, 28. The date is also given by Ph., l. c.

[1670] P., V. 8. 9; Ph., 13.

[1671] See K. T. Frost, J. H. S., XXVI, 1906, pp. 213f; Gardiner, Ch. XIX, pp. 402 f.; Krause, pp. 497 f.

[1672] See Krause, I, pp. 502 f.; Juethner, pp. 65 f.; Gardiner, pp. 403 f.