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Pages in category "Ancient Greek runners" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Running was important to members of ancient Greek society, and is consistently highlighted in documents referencing the Ancient Olympic Games. The stadion , for example, was so important that "[t]he Olympiad would be named after the victor, and since history itself was dated by the Games, it was he who thus gained the purest dose of immortality."
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Greek athletes. It includes athletes that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for competitors within the sport of athletics , comprising track and field , road running , cross country running and racewalking .
Stadion or stade (Ancient Greek: στάδιον) was an ancient running event and also the building in which it took place, as part of Panhellenic Games including the Ancient Olympic Games. The event was one of the five major Pentathlon events and the premier event of the gymnikos agon (γυμνικὸς ἀγών "nude competition").
The Greek historian Herodotus was the first person to write about a Athenian runner named Pheidippides participating in the First Persian War. His account is as follows: [10] Before they left the city, the Athenian generals sent off a message to Sparta. The messenger was an Athenian named Pheidippides, a professional long-distance runner.
Leonidas of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας ὁ Ῥόδιος; born 188 BC) was one of the most famous ancient Olympic runners. [1] For four consecutive Olympiads (164–152 BC), he was champion of three foot races. [2] He was hailed with the title "Triastes" (tripler). [3]
Some scholars have suggested that the games took place around the time of the ancient Olympics, but there is no ancient evidence for when the Heraea occurred and Donald G. Kyle argues that due to the ancient Greek custom of secluding women from unrelated males, the event was more likely entirely separate from the Olympics. [6] A running girl.
Ancient Greek runners (16 P) H. Greek hurdlers (2 C) L. Greek long-distance runners (4 C) M. Greek middle-distance runners (2 C) Greek mountain runners (1 P) S. Greek ...