. Greek athletic sports and festivals . n the Delphic inscription, containing contractsfor the Pythian festival,^ we find mention of the arrangements ^ Cp. G. S. Robertson, On throwing the Discos, in Official Handbook of theOlympic Games, 190S, pp. 79-85.^ vide p. 261. 320 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CHAP. for the pentathletes, the contract for which was eight would seem to refer to arrangements for the diskos andspear comj^etitions, the balbis and means for measuring thethrows. The throw was measured from the front line of the balbisto the place where the diskos or
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . n the Delphic inscription, containing contractsfor the Pythian festival,^ we find mention of the arrangements ^ Cp. G. S. Robertson, On throwing the Discos, in Official Handbook of theOlympic Games, 190S, pp. 79-85.^ vide p. 261. 320 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CHAP. for the pentathletes, the contract for which was eight would seem to refer to arrangements for the diskos andspear comj^etitions, the balbis and means for measuring thethrows. The throw was measured from the front line of the balbisto the place where the diskos or spear fell, and it is obviousthat the competitor might not overstep this line under penaltyof disqualification.^ In the gymnasia this line might bemarked out temporarily by means of spears stuck in theground on either side, or, as Dr. Pernice has suggested, by aline traced on the sand, though I cannot agree with hisinterpretation of certain vases on which he fancies the tracingof this line to be represented.^ The place where the diskos.
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