. Greek athletic sports and festivals . tails, but thevases establish the general fact that such variations did existat different places.^ ^ Av. 291. 2 j^ pp. 284-287. ^ pp. 282-284. The argument which I drew from the use of theepithet iroiKiXoi in the passage of Philostratus must be abandoned. Dr. Jiithners 292 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CHAP. The comic element is still more apparent in the Lampada-dromia and in the Oschophoria described above.^ These oldritual races hardly come within the sphere of true athletics,although connected with the gymnasia and the tra
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . tails, but thevases establish the general fact that such variations did existat different places.^ ^ Av. 291. 2 j^ pp. 284-287. ^ pp. 282-284. The argument which I drew from the use of theepithet iroiKiXoi in the passage of Philostratus must be abandoned. Dr. Jiithners 292 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CHAP. The comic element is still more apparent in the Lampada-dromia and in the Oschophoria described above.^ These oldritual races hardly come within the sphere of true athletics,although connected with the gymnasia and the training of theepheboi. They are of the type of events which we find in themodern gymkhana, and it is therefore unnecessary to describethem here at length. The torch-race was widely spread throughout Greek landsand its popularity was maintained till Roman times. AtAthens there were torch-races at the Panathenaea, at theEpitaphia and the Thesea, and in the time of Socrates a torch-race on horseback was instituted at the festival of Fig. 59.— kylix. Munich, 1240. The torch-race took place at night. Umift werp two principal? variotios—of itone a race between individualej—tke^..jitiierbetween teams. In the former the runners started^ jrjpm. th^-irttar of Prometheus in the Academy, and^Tace^ into the city,the one who arrived first with his torch lighted being proclaimedvictor. The efforts of the runners to keep their torches alightas they ran along stooping like boys in an egg and spoon racecaused endless amusement among the spectators, and as theypassed through the narrow gateway into the city, the ribald recent edition of the Gymnadik proves that there is no authority for thisreading ; he himself suggests TrdXaiot. The general conclusions drawn in myarticle are not really affected by the P. 228. XIII THE FOOT-RACE—TORCH-RACES 293 dwellers in the potters quarter sped them on their way withloud resounding slaps.^ The team-race is familiar to all fromthe f
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