Xenophon, Anabasis, Carleton L. Brownson (Translator), 4.8.27

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[27] The events were, a stadium race¹ for boys, most of them belonging to the captives, a long race,² in which more than sixty Cretans took part, wrestling, boxing, and the pancratium;³ and it made a fine spectacle; for there were a great many entries and, inasmuch as the comrades of the contestants were looking on, there was a great deal of rivalry.

Anabasis. Xenophon. Carleton L. Brownson (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1921-1922.

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Anabasis (English) (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol. 2-3. Brownson, Carleton L, editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1921-1922.)

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Ἀνάβασις Perseus (Xenophon. Opera omnia, Vol. 3. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1904.) — 4.8.27 focus

[27] ἠγωνίζοντο δὲ παῖδες μὲν στάδιον τῶν αἰχμαλώτων οἱ πλεῖστοι, δόλιχον δὲ Κρῆτες πλείους ἢ ἑξήκοντα ἔθεον, πάλην δὲ καὶ πυγμὴν καὶ παγκράτιον ἕτεροι, καὶ καλὴ θέα ἐγένετο· πολλοὶ γὰρ κατέβησαν καὶ ἅτε θεωμένων τῶν ἑταίρων πολλὴ φιλονικία ἐγίγνετο.

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1. The regular short race in the Greek games, corresponding closely to our 220 yards dash.

2. The δόλιχος seems to have varied from six to twenty-four stadia.

3. A combination of boxing and wrestling.

Xenophon Anabasis 4.8.27

Carleton L. Brownson (Translator)

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