. Greek athletic sports and festivals . Fig. 89.— kylix. Boulogne. From these positions, with or without a change of foot, thediskos is raised to 2. Position with left foot forward (usually) and diskos in both hands,(a) Extended horizontally to the front (Fig. 76, etc.), or(h) Raised above the head. 3. The diskos is swung downwards, resting on the right forearm. If the left foot is forward, either before or in the course of the swing,(a) The left foot is drawn back (Fig. 78), or(h) The right foot is advanced (Fig. 79), so that we reach 1 Gerh. A. V. 260, Naples 30S4, B,M. Vases, B. 361 (F
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . Fig. 89.— kylix. Boulogne. From these positions, with or without a change of foot, thediskos is raised to 2. Position with left foot forward (usually) and diskos in both hands,(a) Extended horizontally to the front (Fig. 76, etc.), or(h) Raised above the head. 3. The diskos is swung downwards, resting on the right forearm. If the left foot is forward, either before or in the course of the swing,(a) The left foot is drawn back (Fig. 78), or(h) The right foot is advanced (Fig. 79), so that we reach 1 Gerh. A. V. 260, Naples 30S4, B,M. Vases, B. 361 (Fig. 77), and a lekythosin Boulogne { Fig. 22). 336 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS Fig. 90.— , 318. 4. The position of Myrons diskobolos (Fig. 13). 5. At the beginning of the swing forward the body is straightened (Figs. 87, 88). 6. And as the diskos swings down, the left foot is vigorously advanced (Figs. 89, 90). 7. Finally after the diskos has left the hand, the right foot is again see then that the principle contained in Myrons statueremains fixed, while there is room for considerable diversity in style and detail, especially in themovement of the feet. This schemediffers essentially from both the stylesemployed in the modern Olympicgames. The free style abandonsthe principle; the so-called Hellenicstyle demands a slavish adherenceto an artificial model. When diskos-throwing was first revived in Athensin 1896, the Greeks and other com-petitors, taking for model Myronsstatue and untrammelled by theories,naturally developed a style which certainly approximatedto the true, style of the ancients. A new method was in-vented shortly af
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