Episkyros
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Episkyros, or episcyrus was an Ancient Greek ball game. The game was typically played between two teams of 12 to 14 players each, being highly teamwork-oriented. The game allowed full contact and usag
Young Troilus playing with a ball next to king Priam. Volute Krater, around 340 BC, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Geneva).
Ancient Greek Football Player
Apulia Lekythos in Gnathia style
Krater
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A krater or crater was a large two-handled type of vase in Ancient Greek pottery and metalwork, mostly used for the mixing of wine with water.
Episkyros
…the hands. While it was typically men who played, women also occasionally participated. Young Troilus playing with a ball next to king Priam. Volute Krater, around 340 BC, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Geneva). Although it was a ball game, it was quite violent (at least in Sparta). The game is comparable to…
Young rider crowned by a winged Nike (Victory), by Sisyphus Painter, c. 420 BC, in the Louvre
Manner of Lydos, black-figure column crater depicting swans, c. 550 BC, Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens
Euphronios & Euxitheos, Cratère attique à figures rouges, 515–510 BC, Louvre
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