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Meanings of pankration in English
Martial art in the ancient Greek festivals.
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Examples for "pancratium"
Examples for "pancratium"
1
Athletes struggled in the pancratium at many different points in the city.
2
Pancratiast, competitor in the pancratium, a combined contest which comprised boxing and wrestling.
3
As a cut bloom, the Christmas Rose vies with the eucharis and pancratium.
4
And the same holds in boxing and in the pancratium?
5
Who ever contested at the pancratium with a breast-plate on?
Usage of pankration in English
1
The winner's brother Phylakidas, gained the two victories, also in the pankration, which are celebrated in the fourth and fifth Isthmians.
2
Now among the neighbouring peoples sixteen illustrious victories have crowned Aristagoras and his famous clan in the wrestling-match and in the pankration of weighty honour.
3
As to the nature of the Pankration see Dict.
Translations for pankration
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Pankration through the time