Athletic Pictures on Greek Pottery

Photos of ancient pottery from Greece

By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide

Whether or not the pictures on Greek pottery are realistic in all their details, they do give us a snapshot of ancient Greek athletics.

Etruscan Boxing Amphora - Black Figure	Boxers on Amphora, by the Nikosthenes Painter - Black Figure	Panathenaic Prize Amphora, by the Potter Kittos - Black Figure	Pankration Amphora - Black Figure
Pancratist Amphora, by the Berlin Painter - Red Figure	Greek Athlete Red Figure	Pankration Training	Boxers
Wrestlers and Trainers	Pankration Training. Red-figure.

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