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EP7 Title : 'Herculean Effort for Some Herculean Dudes '
puddin:
Sups noticed that Lake wears those hiking boots , not sneakers .
banzai:
repost
Parthenon, Athens, Greece thanks to Neobie
"... Empress or ... Express" ???
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They're on the island of Zakynthos, off the Peloponnese Peninsula, geographically closer to Sicily than you can ever get. Hellenic Mediterranean Lines (not the boat in the vidcaps though) offers a service from Bridici (on the heel of Italy's boot) to the island. Could this be the link to Greece?
I'm now searching to see if our ferry plies between Zakynthos and the Greek mainland.
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--- Quote from: Neobie on March 03, 2006, 11:52:29 PM ---Gut, and pictures, says it's this. Nafplion Harbour, Greece.
http://tec.uno.edu/noctiite/greece/Images/GrWeb03/images/Nafplio46Harbor_jpg.jpg
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puddin:
Like other Greek athletes, wrestlers competed naked and were typically slicked down with olive oil (which prevented abrasions but also had a ritualistic significance). They competed atop soft ground; practice sessions were generally held in a mud pit, and formal matches took place on the skamma, a special bed of fine sand. At grand events, the matches might be held in a stadium full of spectators.
http://www.fofweb.com/Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=GRE0522
:popcorn:
Incidentally, the Etruscan woman wasn't confined to domestic chores; she lead a remarkably free life. The modern feminist would find her a good example, so would mud wrestlers. Etruscan women wrestled men, conduct that scandalized Greeks and Romans whose women occupied a secondary place in society.http://www.castellobanfi.com/features/story_salute.html
Kogs:
ewwwwwww barry in mud and oil :lol:
gingerman28:
--- Quote from: puddin on April 03, 2006, 11:30:16 PM ---Like other Greek athletes, wrestlers competed naked and were typically slicked down with olive oil (which prevented abrasions but also had a ritualistic significance).
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Where are the Double Dees when we need them?
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