. Greek athletic sports and festivals . the amentum. From the sixth century onwards the amentum was used forthrowing the javelin in war, in hunting, and in the chase. Itis frequently represented on early black-figured vases. Its useis admirably shown on the interior of a Chalcidian kylix in ^ Schliemaim-Schuchardt (Eng. Traus.), Figs. 284, 285. XVI THE JAVELIN—THE AMENTUM 341 the British Museum, where a fully armed warrior with hisfingers inserted in the thong, prepares to throw a javelin witha sort of underhand throw, a throw in which certain savagesto-day are said to be extraordinarily skilf
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . the amentum. From the sixth century onwards the amentum was used forthrowing the javelin in war, in hunting, and in the chase. Itis frequently represented on early black-figured vases. Its useis admirably shown on the interior of a Chalcidian kylix in ^ Schliemaim-Schuchardt (Eng. Traus.), Figs. 284, 285. XVI THE JAVELIN—THE AMENTUM 341 the British Museum, where a fully armed warrior with hisfingers inserted in the thong, prepares to throw a javelin witha sort of underhand throw, a throw in which certain savagesto-day are said to be extraordinarily skilful (Fig. 93). Themore usual overhand throw is employed by some of thewarriors on the Francois vase (Fig. 94), who advance to theattack with arms drawn back and fingers inserted in the thongin the manner which Xenophon recommends to his peltasts.^The fingering and the whole attitude are precisely the same aswe find in athletic scenes, except that in the latter the head isusually turned backward, a position obviously ill-suited to the.
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