. Greek athletic sports and festivals . Fio. 54.— kylix ascribed to Euplironius. Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, 523. of the course ; partly owing to the completeness of the armourworn, which enveloped the athlete from head to foot; partlyowing to a remarkable rule that any competitor who having \ For a full discussion of the armed race ride J. II. S. xxiii. p. 280 ff. On vasesthis race is frequently connected with boxing and the pankration, the eventswhich probably preceded it in the programme. Vide Figs. 54, 15L I XllI THE FOOT-RACE—RACE IN ARMOUR 287 once won the race entered again and
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . Fio. 54.— kylix ascribed to Euplironius. Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, 523. of the course ; partly owing to the completeness of the armourworn, which enveloped the athlete from head to foot; partlyowing to a remarkable rule that any competitor who having \ For a full discussion of the armed race ride J. II. S. xxiii. p. 280 ff. On vasesthis race is frequently connected with boxing and the pankration, the eventswhich probably preceded it in the programme. Vide Figs. 54, 15L I XllI THE FOOT-RACE—RACE IN ARMOUR 287 once won the race entered again and jailed incurred the pocialtyof cleath. Perhaps this regulation means no more than thatno previous winner was allowed to compete a second time.^ AtNemea the race was over the hippios course of four stades, atOlympia and at Athens it was a diaulos of two stades.^ Else-where the distance may have been different. Similarly theequipment varied. The runners at Olympia originally wore. Fig. 55.— kylix. Formerly in Berlin.( xxiii. p. 278.) helmets and greaves, and carried round shields, twenty-five ofwhich were kept there for the use of competitors. The wearingof greaves was discontinued at a later date.^ The vase paintings, ^ Phil. Gym. 8, 24. 1 have already pointed out tliat Pliilostratus is some-what credulous, and too iiuich inclined to accept without investigation the talespoured into his ears by the authorities at Elis and elsewhere. It was the fashionin his time to exaggerate the Spartan severity of Greek athletics. ^ For Nemea wrfe Philostratus, ; for Olympia, Paus. ii. 11, 8 ; for AthensAristoph. Av, 291, and Scholiast. ^ Paus. v. 12, 8 ; vi. 10, 4. 288 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS chap. which mostly represent Athenian practice, show that whilethe usage varied previous to 520 , greaves became generalafter that date, but disappear entirely after 450 There
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