The Greeks and Romans figured out music and exercise go hand in hand more than 2,000 years ago – long before science backed ...

It seems that what the ancient Greek athletes were aiming for, with their struggle, was not mere victory, but a balance of the body and the mind, ...

The diagram depicts the phases of the long jump in ancient Greece. In the first panel, ... Neil Fulkner. 2012; Ancient Greek Athletics, Stephen G. Miller. 2004; The Naked Olympics, Tony ...

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians ...

Divided into light sports, such as athletics, and heavy sports, like boxing and pankration, ancient Olympic sports led to the crowning of champions, deemed to have been chosen by the gods.