- of 14 players. The Gr**** game of episkyros, or a
similar game
called phainínda (Φαινίνδα) was
later adopted by the Romans, who
renamed and transformed...
- This game was
apparently a
Romanized version of a Gr**** game
called phaininda (Gr****: φαινίνδα), or of
another Gr**** game
called episkyros (Gr****: ἐπίσκυρος)...
-
Europe at the same time, in
which the ball was
kicked through goals".
Phaininda and
episkyros were Gr**** ball games. An
image of an
episkyros player depicted...
- of the ball in the air to be
caught by two or more players; φαινίνδα (
phaininda)
would seem to be a game of
catch pla**** by two or more,
where feinting...
- from a Gr**** team game
known as "ἐπίσκυρος" (Episkyros) or "φαινίνδα" (
phaininda),
which is
mentioned by a Gr**** playwright,
Antiphanes (388–311 BC) and...
- from a Gr**** team game
known as "ἐπίσκυρος" (Episkyros) or "φαινίνδα" (
phaininda),
which is
mentioned by a Gr**** playwright,
Antiphanes (388–311 BC) and...
-
mention of the Gr**** team game "ἐπίσκυρος" (Episkyros) or "φαινίνδα" (
phaininda) is
thought to be one of the
first written records for a game like modern...
-
province of Britannia.
Athenaeus writes: "Harpastum,
which used to be
called Phaininda, is the game I like most of all.
Great are the
exertion and
fatigue attendant...
-
earliest sports resembling ****ociation
football are the
ancient Gr****
games Phaininda and episkyros. Astrolabe:
First used
around 300 BC by
astronomers in Greece...
