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  2. Peter Letsos - Wikipedia

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    Peter Letsos (born January 1, 1979), aka Pete "The Greek," is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Carlson Gracie Jr. Biography. Letsos is a 3X Pan Am medalist, [1] ...

  3. Velentzas Organization - Wikipedia

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    The Velentzas Organization, also known as the Velentzas crime family, or the Greek crew is a Greek-American criminal organization operating in the New York City area. [1] During the 1980s and into the early 1990s, the Greek organization controlled a number of illegal gambling operations in and around the New York City area.

  4. Spearfishing - Wikipedia

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    The Greek historian Polybius (ca 203 BC–120 BC), in his Histories, describes hunting for swordfish by using a harpoon with a barbed and detachable head. [2] Greek author Oppian of Corycus wrote a major treatise on sea fishing, the Halieulica or Halieutika, composed between 177 and 180. This is the earliest such work to have survived intact.

  5. Spearfishing at the Micronesian Games - Wikipedia

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    Spearfishing was first featured at the 1994 Micronesian Games, the third edition of the games. [1] Guam won its first gold team medal at the 1998 Micronesian Games. [2] At the 2002 Micronesian Games, Palau won team gold, Kosrae and Guam tied for silver and Pohnpei won bronze. [3] Guamanian Roberto Cabreza won the individual event that year. [4]

  6. Trident - Wikipedia

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    Trident of Poseidon. A trident (/ ˈ t r aɪ d ɛ n t /), (/ ˈ t r aɪ d ɪ n t /) is a three-pronged spear.It is used for spear fishing and historically as a polearm.As compared to an ordinary spear, the three tines increase the chance that a fish will be struck and decrease the chance that a fish will be able to dislodge itself if struck badly.

  7. Hybrias - Wikipedia

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    Hybrias (Greek: Ὑβρίας) (fl. 6th century BC) was a Cretan mercenary and lyric poet.He was the author of a highly esteemed skolion (drinking song) called the "Spear-song", which has been preserved by Athenaeus (XV, pp. 695–696), Eustathius of Thessalonica (Commentary on the Odyssey, p. 47 & p. 276) and the Greek Anthology.

  8. Xyston - Wikipedia

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    The xyston (Ancient Greek: ξυστόν "spear, javelin; pointed or spiked stick, goad), was a type of a long thrusting spear in ancient Greece.It measured about 3.5 to 4.25 m (11 to 14 ft) long and was probably held by the cavalryman with both hands, although the depiction of Alexander the Great's xyston on the Alexander Mosaic in Pompeii (see figure), suggests that it could also be used ...

  9. Skandalopetra diving - Wikipedia

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    Skandalopetra diving (Greek: σκανταλόπετρα) dates from ancient Greece, when it was used by sponge fishermen, and has been re-discovered in recent years as a freediving discipline. [1] It was in this discipline that the first world record in freediving was registered, when the Greek sponge fisherman Stathis Chantzis dived to a depth ...