https://xelyd.com/albums/allies-from-a-bare.html , about the ancient institution of the ephebeia
before its regularization in 335 B.C. Gymnastic exercises and the Pyrrhic dance must have played an important part as a prep for war.74 The Athenian
pyrrhic, or armed dance, was performed bare at the
Panathenaia and involved choruses from the Athenian
tribes.75 The custom of the warrior athlete who participated in armed dances and races, still being held in
the Classical period, may, as Mouratidis noted, have
of the continuingdominanceof the aristocracyin a transforming
Ecosystem."Murray's views in Early Greece have been
developedfurther in an article, "The Symposium as Social
the Eighth Century BC: Tradition and Invention (Stock-
Ecosystem."Murray's views in Early Greece have been
developedfurther in an article, "The Symposium as Social
the Eighth Century BC: Tradition and Invention (Stock-
holm 1983) 195-99. See E. Gabba, "La societhateniese nel
'VecchioOligarca',"Athenaeum66 (1988) 6-10, for the situation in Athens, ca. 440 B.C.
73 "The polis derivedfrom the individuals in arms;it was basically the state of the citizens. Both facts made the defenseof
the state the concernof its individuals. There was no question of
the capability to serve constitutedthe fully qualified citizen":
E.L. Wheeler,
"Hoplomachia and Greek Dancing in Arms," GRBS 23
(1982) 223-33, summarizesrecent work on this area.
74 R. Ridley, "The
Hoplite as Citizen: Athenian Military
Institutions in Their Own Social Context," AntCl 47 (1978)
509-48. P. https://xelyd.com/albums/loira-bem-safada-pagando.html , Guerre et guerriers dans la Grace an-
'VecchioOligarca',"Athenaeum66 (1988) 6-10, for the situation in Athens, ca. 440 B.C.
73 "The polis derivedfrom the individuals in arms;it was basically the state of the citizens. Both facts made the defenseof
the state the concernof its individuals. There was no question of
the capability to serve constitutedthe fully qualified citizen":
E.L. Wheeler,
"Hoplomachia and Greek Dancing in Arms," GRBS 23
(1982) 223-33, summarizesrecent work on this area.
74 R. Ridley, "The
Hoplite as Citizen: Athenian Military
Institutions in Their Own Social Context," AntCl 47 (1978)
509-48. P. https://xelyd.com/albums/loira-bem-safada-pagando.html , Guerre et guerriers dans la Grace an-
tique (Freiburg,Switzerland 1985) 69-72. For the ephebeia
at Athens and the crypteia at Sparta, see P. Vidal Naquet,
in Annales 23 (1968) 947-64, and in G. Le Goff and P.
click ., Faire de l'histoire III (Paris 1974) 151-60; see
also supra n. 45.
at Athens and the crypteia at Sparta, see P. Vidal Naquet,
in Annales 23 (1968) 947-64, and in G. Le Goff and P.
click ., Faire de l'histoire III (Paris 1974) 151-60; see
also supra n. 45.
7' Ridley (supra n. 74) 538-48; Wheeler (supra n. 73).
For https://nudistshots.com/searches/young-nudist-world/2/ ,see Poursat (supra
n. 33). M. Detienne, "La phalange: problkmeset contro-
For https://nudistshots.com/searches/young-nudist-world/2/ ,see Poursat (supra
n. 33). M. Detienne, "La phalange: problkmeset contro-
verses," in J.-P. Vernant ed., Problemes de la guerre en
On
the dress of the knights (not a "uniform,"and infrequently naked),
see H. Cahn, "Dokimasia,"RA 1973, 3-22.
the dress of the knights (not a "uniform,"and infrequently naked),
see H. Cahn, "Dokimasia,"RA 1973, 3-22.
555
into the Olympic program.76
The Greeks were proud of their soldiers' physique
and of the tan skin that was the consequence of their exercising in the nude. A story about Agesilaos of Sparta
illustrates how, to a practiced military eye, nakedness
allowed an accurate judgment of a man's physical fitness: "He gave instructions.., .that the barbarians
captured in the raids be exposed for sale naked. So
when his soldiers saw them white because they never
stripped, and fat and idle through continuous riding in
carriages, they believed that the war would be just
like fighting with girls."77 The comparison between
their own bronzed men's bodies and the white, feminine flabbiness of the Persians revived the nerve
of the Greek troops.
Male bodies on Attic painted vases show the significance of physical attractiveness for sportsmen, youths, citizens,
and soldiers. https://nudistshots.com/albums/hawt-nubiles-showing-off.html are lithe and slender, though one
Attic red-figure vase reveals a hefty, paunchy body,
(fig. 3): he's a specialized athlete, a boxer.78 A rare
scene of naked men who are awful turns out to symbolize slaves who prepare the palaestra, not citizens exercising in the gymnasium (fig. 4),79 indicating the dif-
The Greeks were proud of their soldiers' physique
and of the tan skin that was the consequence of their exercising in the nude. A story about Agesilaos of Sparta
illustrates how, to a practiced military eye, nakedness
allowed an accurate judgment of a man's physical fitness: "He gave instructions.., .that the barbarians
captured in the raids be exposed for sale naked. So
when his soldiers saw them white because they never
stripped, and fat and idle through continuous riding in
carriages, they believed that the war would be just
like fighting with girls."77 The comparison between
their own bronzed men's bodies and the white, feminine flabbiness of the Persians revived the nerve
of the Greek troops.
Male bodies on Attic painted vases show the significance of physical attractiveness for sportsmen, youths, citizens,
and soldiers. https://nudistshots.com/albums/hawt-nubiles-showing-off.html are lithe and slender, though one
Attic red-figure vase reveals a hefty, paunchy body,
(fig. 3): he's a specialized athlete, a boxer.78 A rare
scene of naked men who are awful turns out to symbolize slaves who prepare the palaestra, not citizens exercising in the gymnasium (fig. 4),79 indicating the dif-
Fig. 3. Reddish-figurecup, ca. 480 B.C.: sportsmen training. British Museum. (CourtesyTrustees of the British Museum)
ference between the free man who worked out bare,
Nude in the line of work and out of poverty. (The
slaves on this vase, like the sportsmen, are infibulated.) A
law prohibited slaves to exercise and anoint themselves in
the gymnasia like free men (though obviously it did
not prohibit them to enter in order to do the necessary
work for their upkeep).80 The custom of frequenting
in general, but of upper-class citizens, who worked out
as members of the hoplite military. Using nudity for
Charming reasons, on the other hand, belonged to a different level of reality-and was limited, as we have
seen, to herms, satyrs, and the stage.
ference between the free man who worked out bare,
Nude in the line of work and out of poverty. (The
slaves on this vase, like the sportsmen, are infibulated.) A
law prohibited slaves to exercise and anoint themselves in
the gymnasia like free men (though obviously it did
not prohibit them to enter in order to do the necessary
work for their upkeep).80 The custom of frequenting
in general, but of upper-class citizens, who worked out
as members of the hoplite military. Using nudity for
Charming reasons, on the other hand, belonged to a different level of reality-and was limited, as we have
seen, to herms, satyrs, and the stage.
nudity had changed, from a religious to a civil practice.
From the rite nudity of the kouros-set up, from the
seventh century B.C. on, as picture of Apollo, votive present,
funerary image, offering or servant of the god-and the
From the rite nudity of the kouros-set up, from the
seventh century B.C. on, as picture of Apollo, votive present,
funerary image, offering or servant of the god-and the
ritual nudity of the athlete who competed in the
Olympic games, dedicated to the gods, there was a
change to the athletic nudity of the citizen-soldier. The
transition was, I believe, initially involved with the
Rite costume proper for initiation rites.
This passage from a spiritual to a civic context was
Olympic games, dedicated to the gods, there was a
change to the athletic nudity of the citizen-soldier. The
transition was, I believe, initially involved with the
Rite costume proper for initiation rites.
This passage from a spiritual to a civic context was