παγκράτιον — Anabasis Mather

παγκράτιον -ου [πᾶς, all, κράτος, strength], pancratium, all-round contest, a combination of boxing and wrestling, the severest of all Greek athletic exercises, calling into play, as the name denotes, all the powers of the combatants. Straps were not used on the hands (see on 225, 7), as they would have been a hindrance in wrestling; and blows could not be struck with the clenched fist, but only with the fingers bent. The struggle continued till one of the contestants was completely used up. παγχαλέπως [παγχάλεπος (πᾶς, all, χαλεπός, dificult), very dificult], adv., with great dificully.

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a complete contest, an exercise which combined both wrestling and boxing

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1753

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