What are you doing with that torch?
August 12, 2004 3:21 PM Subscribe
The Naked Olympics
Sex, nude sports, violence, boozing; a scholar's view of ancient Olympic practices.
Sex, nude sports, violence, boozing; a scholar's view of ancient Olympic practices.
I found out just today that "gymnasium" literally means "a place for naked exercise."
Kewl!
posted by uncanny hengeman at 9:10 PM on August 12, 2004
Excellent article, very informative.
I think he's wrong about the hand-weights being ineffective at helping with the long-jump though ("Newton showed that this does not work"). There was a study recently which suggested they do work.
If Newton really said that, then Aristotle's physics was right and Newton's was wrong...
posted by TheophileEscargot at 11:13 PM on August 12, 2004
I think he's wrong about the hand-weights being ineffective at helping with the long-jump though ("Newton showed that this does not work"). There was a study recently which suggested they do work.
If Newton really said that, then Aristotle's physics was right and Newton's was wrong...
posted by TheophileEscargot at 11:13 PM on August 12, 2004
The CBC had a show on this, discussing what the various events would have looked like originally.
Supposedly, one runner's loincloth fell off during a race. When he ended up winning the race, others attributed his success to the lack of encumbrance and they went naked thereafter. Is there a Greek version of "cum grano salis"?
posted by GhostintheMachine at 7:06 AM on August 13, 2004
Supposedly, one runner's loincloth fell off during a race. When he ended up winning the race, others attributed his success to the lack of encumbrance and they went naked thereafter. Is there a Greek version of "cum grano salis"?
posted by GhostintheMachine at 7:06 AM on August 13, 2004
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