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Word: pancratium (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scored in no uncertain terms the way his fellow citizens accorded the front row seats at entertainments to men who "and gained a victory in the foot races, the pentathlon, the wrestling matches, in that brutal sport, boxing, or in the most fearful of all contests, the pancratium, which is a hand-to-hand fight with nothing barred." He, believed it was wrong to field the city's athletes from the common stores, and to give him a trophy as a gift from the municipality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Xenophanes Proves That There Is Nothing New Under the Sun--Scored Athletic Overemphasis 25 Centuries Ago | 5/11/1927 | See Source »

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