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Olympic Stories as depicted on Stamps
Armoured Races
Some ornamentations in old Panathenaean amphoras of 5th
century BC Cylix (a shallow, two-handled,
stemmed drinking cup) revealed that there were
armoured races in ancient Olympics. Perhaps the need for competitions between athletes
dressed in armour was taken from the system of training the defenders of a city. Though
heavily armed the Greek hoplites could run fast. In earlier days the athletes had to run
wearing helmets, bronze greaves and shields. The evidence of an amphora painting as
depicted on a Cuban stamp suggested that participants only had to wear helmets and
shields.
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Olympic stamp Kaleidoscope
On the occasion of Lon Angeles Olympic Bangladesh released these stamps
Olympic Stories Lot-1
- First Olympic Stamp
- Olympic God Zeus
- Temple of Hera
- Apollo
- Hercules
- Goddess Nike
- Olympic Sculptor
- Olympic Coins
- Chariot Race
- Naked Runners
- Armoured Races
- Olympic Martyr
- Olympic Revenue
- Women Olympian
Recent Updates
[31/08/2008] modified version of an ancient Red Indian ball game called 'Baggataway' More…
[27/08/2008] Glima, the Icelandic national wrestling, a display of which was included in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912 More…
[26/08/2008] Unique feature of 2008 Olympic stamps of Australia More…
