A revised estimate of Greek units of linear measurement would appear to emerge from a study of the records of feats accomplished in the long jump by athletes of ancient Greece in the great ...

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 ...

Modern day obsessions with healthy eating and fat-free foods for fitness is not new; it goes back to the ancient Greeks and ...

Sports also served military purposes in a ancient Greece, especially in Sparta where all citizens received stoic military training from early childhood, in almost the same sports as in ancient China.

In ancient Greece competing naked in the Olympic Games symbolised celebration of human physical perfection and divine beauty. Athletes showcased their natural bodies to honor gods, particularly Zeus.

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.