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Original, the following link leads you directly to the original exhibit in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens (in the last third, please scroll down to the illustrations):
www.namuseum.gr/en/collection/klasiki-periodos-2/
The Fistfight
Contests and competitions (Agone) in almost all areas of public life were a feature of Greek culture. Of special importance were the athletic, mental-artistic and equestrian agons.
Fistfighting is one of the oldest sports in Greece. Already in the 2nd pre-Christian millennium in Mycenae and on Crete boxing was taken up and 688 b.c. into the olympic program. Until the 5th century BC, the middle hand, wrist and forearm were wrapped with leather bands of ox skin up to 3.70 m long. They should protect hand bones and joints from fractures and compressions. But they also gave off an effective brass knuckles.
Attached metal bosses have only been handed down from Roman writers, all-metal gloves can only be proven during gladiator fights in the imperial era.
There was neither weight class differentiation (only division into age groups) nor time limitation of the fights. A fistfight could therefore last for several hours without a break. If the fight dragged on too long, the referees - who controlled the wraps of the leather bandages before the competition - could speed up the end of the fight with a trick. They limited the athletes' radius of action by surrounding the fighters with measuring sticks and ladders. The opponents, so limited in their evasion possibilities, had to accept the shots (straight shots, hooks, swingers to the head; body hits were forbidden) concentrated.
In order to demonstrate hardness and not encourage the opponent, some boxers swallowed their teeth. Quite a few participants were crippled or lost their lives.
The fight ended by knocking the opponent unconscious or - shamefully - by raising the right index finger.
This bronze main is the famous boxer Satyros von Elis, five-time winner of the Nemetic Games, two winners each at the Phytic Competitions and in Olympia. The work was created in 330-320 BC by the Athenian bronze-forming Silanion. Find Olympia, exhibited in the National Museum in Athens under inventory number X 6439.
Replica made of ceramine (high-strength special plaster) in bronze finish.
To this day, this unique athlete can only be compared to Cassius Clay alias Muhammad Ali.
This head replica is also available in the original size 34 cm, 5 kg weight, price € 112,-. Delivery time depending on order interval 6-12 weeks.
This head replica is also available in the original size 34 cm, 5 kg weight, price € 112,-. Delivery time depending on order interval 6-12 weeks.
This product was added to our catalog on Saturday, February 1, 2014.