Olympic Games,Wrestling,Black-Figure Pottery
Wrestling is recorded as being introduced at the 18th Olympiad. Three throws were necessary for win. A throw was counted if the body,hip,back or shoulder (and possibly knee) touched the ground. If both competitors fell nothing was counted. Black-figured vase from the late sixth century BC depicting wrestlers wearing loin cloths,and to the right stands an umpire. The Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. They were held in honor of Zeus,and the Greeks gave them a mythological origin. The games were held every four years,or olympiad,which became a unit of time in historical chronologies. The main events at each of the games were chariot racing,wrestling,boxing,pankration,stadion and various other foot races,and the pentathlon (wrestling,stadion,long jump,javelin throw,and discus throw). Except for the chariot race,all the events were performed nude. Black-figure pottery painting,also known as the black-figure style or black-figure ceramic is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. Figures and ornaments were painted on the body of the vessel using shapes and colors reminiscent of silhouettes.
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