. Greek athletic sports and festivals . sition, the thrower swings thediskos forward. He may either keep the left leg stationaryor bring it forward. In the latter case he will be in theposition depicted on the exterior of the Panaetius kylix inMunich (Fig. 17). The left leg is advanced and straight, the 328 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS ch. xv body leans forward, and the right hand is extended to thefront, ready to grip the diskos as it swings to the front. Thecompletion of the movement is shown on the interior of thesame kylix where the thrower grasps the diskos in both hands,his body l
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . sition, the thrower swings thediskos forward. He may either keep the left leg stationaryor bring it forward. In the latter case he will be in theposition depicted on the exterior of the Panaetius kylix inMunich (Fig. 17). The left leg is advanced and straight, the 328 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS ch. xv body leans forward, and the right hand is extended to thefront, ready to grip the diskos as it swings to the front. Thecompletion of the movement is shown on the interior of thesame kylix where the thrower grasps the diskos in both hands,his body leaning backward with a pendulum-like movementpreparatory to the swing backwards. The position of the standing diskobolos is reproduced incertain bronzes but does not occur on the vases. The lattersuggest an alternative method of starting, the diskos beingswung forward not in the left hand but in both hands. Suchis perhaps the explanation of the figure on a black-figuredlekythos in the British Museum (Fig. 82) and of certainother Fio. 82.— lekythos, in British Museum, B. 576. A totally distinct stance is represented by a fine bronze inthe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Fig. 83).The thrower stands with the right foot forward and the diskosraised in the left hand level with the head. A similar typeoccurs on several vases, the best of which is a red-figured kraterin the Ashmolean at Oxford.^ From this position the diskosis raised above the head in both hands. This moment is repre-sented in a bronze in the National Museum at Thethumb of the left hand is turned inwards on the inside of thediskos, whereas on the vases it is usually on the outside. Thethumb could not be on the inside if the diskos was swungupwards in the manner first described. There can therefore be 1 No. 561. 2 No. 7412. Cp. ampliora, Munich, 374, published in HoppinsEuthyviides.
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