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- Episkyros abstract "Episkyros (Greek: ἐπίσκυρος) was an ancient Greek ball game also called έφηβική ephebike, "adolescence", and ἐπίκοινος epikoinos, "commonball"). The game was played between two teams of usually 12 to 14 players each, with one ball and the rules of the game allowed using hands. Although it was a ball game, it was violent, at least at Sparta. The teams would try to throw the ball over the heads of the other team. There was a white line between the teams and another white line behind each team. Teams would change the ball often until one of the team is forced behind the line at their end. In Sparta a form of episkyros was played during an annual city festival that included five teams of 14 players. It was played primarily by men but women also practiced it. The Greek game of episkyros (or a similar game called φαινίνδα - phaininda, probably meaning "deceiving game", from the verb φενακίζω - phenakizo, "to cheat, to lie") was later adopted by the Romans, who renamed and transformed it into harpastum, the latinisation of the Greek ἁρπαστόν (harpaston), neuter of ἁρπαστός (harpastos), "carried away", from the verb ἁρπάζω (harpazo), "to seize, to snatch". A depiction on an Attic lekythos in the Acropolis Museum in Athens, shows a Greek athlete balancing a ball on his thigh. This image is reproduced on the European Cup soccer trophy. Other ancient Greek sports with a ball besides phaininda, were: ἀπόρραξις (aporrhaxis) (bouncing ball game) οὐρανίαν (ouranian), "throwing a ball high in air game" and σφαιρομαχία (sphairomachia), literally "ball-battle", from σφαῖρα (sphaira) "ball, sphere" + μάχη (mache), "battle".Julius Pollux includes Phaininda and Harpastum in a list of ball games:"Phaininda takes its name from Phaenides, who first invented it, or from 'phenakizein' (to deceive), because they show the ball to one man and then throw to another, contrary to expectation. It is likely that this is the same as the game with the small ball, which takes its name from 'harpazein' (to snatch) and perhaps one would call the game with the soft ball by the same name."↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑".
- Episkyros thumbnail Ancient_Greek_Football_Player.jpg?width=300.
- Episkyros wikiPageID "24471283".
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- Episkyros subject Category:Ancient_Greek_sports.
- Episkyros subject Category:Ball_games.
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- Episkyros comment "Episkyros (Greek: ἐπίσκυρος) was an ancient Greek ball game also called έφηβική ephebike, "adolescence", and ἐπίκοινος epikoinos, "commonball"). The game was played between two teams of usually 12 to 14 players each, with one ball and the rules of the game allowed using hands. Although it was a ball game, it was violent, at least at Sparta. The teams would try to throw the ball over the heads of the other team. There was a white line between the teams and another white line behind each team.".
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- Episkyros depiction Ancient_Greek_Football_Player.jpg.
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