. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . Pauls Epistles abound with allusions tothe Greek contests, borrowed probably from theIsthmian games, at which he may well have beenpresent during his first visit to Corinth. Thesecontests (2 Tim. iv. 7; 1 Tim. vi. 12) were dividedinto two classes, the pancratium, consisting of box-ing and wrestling, and the pentathlon, consisting of 320 GAM GAR leaping, running, quoiting (Discus), hurling thespear, and wrestling. The competitors (1 Cor. ; 2 Tim. ii. 5) required a long and severe courseof previous training (1 Tim. iv. 8), during which aparticula
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . Pauls Epistles abound with allusions tothe Greek contests, borrowed probably from theIsthmian games, at which he may well have beenpresent during his first visit to Corinth. Thesecontests (2 Tim. iv. 7; 1 Tim. vi. 12) were dividedinto two classes, the pancratium, consisting of box-ing and wrestling, and the pentathlon, consisting of 320 GAM GAR leaping, running, quoiting (Discus), hurling thespear, and wrestling. The competitors (1 Cor. ; 2 Tim. ii. 5) required a long and severe courseof previous training (1 Tim. iv. 8), during which aparticular diet was enforced (1 Cor. ix. 25, 27). Olympic contests these preparatory exercisesextended over a period of ten months, during thelast of which they were conducted under the super-vision of appointed officers. The contests tookplace in the presence of a vast multitude of specta-tors (Heb. xii. 1), the competitors being the spectacle(1 Cor. iv. 9 ; Heb. x. 33). The games were openedby the proclamation of a herald (1 Cor. ix. 27),. Isthmian Crowns. whose office it was to give out the name and coun-try of each candidate, and especially to announcethe name of the victor before the assembled multi-tude. Certain conditions and rules were laid down,as, that no bribe be offered to a competitor, &c.;any infringement of these rules involved a loss of
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