Just watched an interesting documentary on BBC2 about the original Olympians, which used the bones of an ancient athlete to determine, for example, whether he could jump further than a modern man (apparently, he could).
But perhaps even more interesting was what we learnt from the many recreation scenes.
1. Olympians grunted a lot.
2. Olympians over-acted almost everything they did while the crowd behind them tried to get their faces on telly.
3. Olympians tended to compete in gratuitous slow motion.
Fascinating stuff!
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YES BUT DID THE BBC SHOW US THAT...
4. OlympIans also enhanced the aerodyamics of their naked bodies by hoisting their most private part in a kynodesme. For an elegant illustration of a Greek athlete in all his glory, go to your earlier post, below: Naked Olympic action!
Yrs - A Historian With An Eye for Detail.
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