The Ancient Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city states, the games were held at Olympia. In honor of Zeus the Father of people and Gods Olympic Games started. During the celebration of the games an Olympic Truce was enacted so that athletes could travel from their cities to the games in safety. Only freeborn Greek men were allowed to participate, although there were victorious women chariot owners. Wrestling is one of the oldest individual sprots. As Homer mentions in Iliad (8th century BC), the struggles in honnor of Patroclus during the siege of Troy. In Ancient Greece wrestling was the main means of educating young people. It had the character of demonstration readiness of spirit, art and power. As Plato describes wrestling as "the most technical and cunning of sports". It was part of pentathlon but in the pan-Hellenic games it was also included as an independent sport.
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Height: 8 cm ( 3.15 inches)
Diameter: 16 cm ( 6.30 inches)
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