PENTATHLON DISCUS JUMP JAVELIN RUNNING WRESTLING
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Discos
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Discus Greek (Southern Italy) c. 500 B.C. Bronze Diam: 2,3 cm AS Inv. No. VI 2889 VIENNA
Philadelphia MS403: Side B: view from center The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania
Boston Tondo: discus thrower Photograph courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
AKON (JAVELIN)
Boston Side A: athletes From Caskey & Beazley, plate XXXVII. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Harvard Side B: youth with javelin, from the waist up Harvard University Art Museums
HALMA (JUMP)
HALTERES
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Halteres from Isthmia
Akmatidas the Laekedaimonian made this votive offering for his victory. He won the pentathlon without dust (akoniti).
Philadelphia MS2444 Side A: diskos bag and halteres above wrestlers University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology