. Greek athletic sports and festivals . Fig. 112.— kylix, in BritishMuseum, E. 84. XVIII AVRESTLING—ARM-HOLDS 383 the heave, and in such a case the bodies are turned sidewaysto one another, a position described as Trapadea-ts.^ A not verysatisfactory illustration of such a position is shown on a BritishMuseum kylix representing Theseus and Cercyon ^ (Fig. 112),with which we may compare the group of Heracles andAntaeus on the frieze of the theatre at Delphi,^ where thesideways position is more clearly marked. Theseus and Heraclesseem in both cases to have avoided the ponderous rush of thei
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . Fig. 112.— kylix, in BritishMuseum, E. 84. XVIII AVRESTLING—ARM-HOLDS 383 the heave, and in such a case the bodies are turned sidewaysto one another, a position described as Trapadea-ts.^ A not verysatisfactory illustration of such a position is shown on a BritishMuseum kylix representing Theseus and Cercyon ^ (Fig. 112),with which we may compare the group of Heracles andAntaeus on the frieze of the theatre at Delphi,^ where thesideways position is more clearly marked. Theseus and Heraclesseem in both cases to have avoided the ponderous rush of theirfoes by stepping sideways. In endeavouring to obtain a hold wrestlers frequentlyseize one another by the wrist. This action which is probablydenoted by Spdoro-etv is often a purely defensive movement toprevent an opponent from obtaining a hold on the neck or , as on a Munich amphora (Fig. 123), each wrestlerholds the other by the wrist. Sometimes one wrestler holds. Fig. 113.—Group from British Museum amphora, B. 295 (Fig. 143). both his opponents wrists. Such holds are merely momentaryand of little importance. A more effective hold was obtainedby seizing an opponents arm with both hands, one hand seizingthe wrist, the other gripping him at the elbow or under thearmpit (Fig. 113). This seems to have been a very favouritehold and led to one very effective fall of which we have manyillustrations. It is the throw known in modern wrestling as the flyingmare and is probably what Lucian describes as ek Il/o?avaPaa-raa-ai.^ Having seized his opponents arm in the manner ^ Plutarch, Symp. ii. 4, emimerates as wrestling terms (Tva-rdcreLi, irapaO^creis,efi^oXai, irapefx^oXai. Jtithner in his interesting account of the OxyrhynchusPapyrus appears to deny this interpretation, but suggests no satisfactory alternative. ^ On the interior of this kylix the same grou]) is repeated, hut the moment isnot quite the same. Cercyon appears to be trying to draw back. ^
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