Pankration - An Olympic Combat Sport, Volume I: An Illustrated Reconstruction

by Andreas V Georgiou

Pankration-An Olympic Combat Sport is an illustrated reconstruction of the ancient Greek sport of pankration. This sport lasted over a millennium (from at least the seventh century BCE to the fourth century CE) and was the most popular event in the ancient Olympic Games. In pankration, well rounded fighters used whatever worked, with minimal rules, to respond to the circumstances of a specific competition and, with no restrictions, to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1413477968
• ISBN13: 9781413477962
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Xlibris Us
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"