. Greek athletic sports and festivals . hisweight to bear him to the ground. Perhaps a further stage heave, but does not necessarily imply that the hands are , p. 28. 1 Vide XXV. pp. 281 ff., and Figs. 18, 19, 20. Vide Jiithner, 390 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CHAP. is represented on a red-figured kylix in the Museum atPhiladelphia (Fig. 122). One wrestler has already lost hisbalance, and is supporting himself with both hands on theground. The other with his left hand holds his right armdown, and with the other prepares to take a body-hold androll him over. U
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . hisweight to bear him to the ground. Perhaps a further stage heave, but does not necessarily imply that the hands are , p. 28. 1 Vide XXV. pp. 281 ff., and Figs. 18, 19, 20. Vide Jiithner, 390 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CHAP. is represented on a red-figured kylix in the Museum atPhiladelphia (Fig. 122). One wrestler has already lost hisbalance, and is supporting himself with both hands on theground. The other with his left hand holds his right armdown, and with the other prepares to take a body-hold androll him over. Usually then the body-hold from the front isunsuccessful. On the Berlin amphora (Fig. 116) we see ayouth who has successfully obtained this hold on a beardedathlete, and lifts him off his feet in order to throw him. More commonly the hold is secured from behind in themanner represented on a black-figured amphora in Munich(Fig. 123). We may notice that the wrestler in mid air has,in defence, hooked his right foot round his opponents Fig. 120.—Panathenaic amphora. Boulogne, Mus^e Municipale, 441, The hands are interlocked in the manner already despite of these realistic touches the drawing as a whole isstiff and lifeless, and contrasts strangely with the much morevigorous portrayal of the same type on gems and coins. Thetype is particularly connected with Heracles and Antaeus. Thelifting of Antaeus is first represented on the fourth centurycoins of Tarentum. From this time it is constantly repeatedin bronzes and statues, iind especially on coins and gems.^Eoman poets said that Antaeus being the son of earth derivedfresh force from his mother each time he touched earth, andthat Heracles therefore lifted him from earth and squeezedhim to death in mid air. This version of the story is, how-ever, unknown to the literature and art of Greece; andthough it may have originated in a mistaken interpretation of ^ For references see p. 283, u. 76. XVIII WRESTLING
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