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πένταθλον
πένταθλον πέντ-αθλον, Ionic -άεθλον, ου, τό, the contest of the five exercises, Lat. quinquertium, Pind.; πεντάεθλον ἀσκεῖν or ἐπασκεῖν Hdt.—These exercises were ἅλμα, δίσκος, δρόμος, πάλη, πυγμή, the last being exchanged for the ἀκόντισις or ἀκών; they are summed in one pentam., ἅλμα, ποδωκείην, δίσκον, ἄκοντα, πάλην.

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the contest of the five exercises

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πένταθλον πέντ-αθλον, Ionic -άεθλον, ου, τό, the contest of the five exercises, Lat. quinquertium, Pind.; πεντάεθλον ἀσκεῖν or ἐπασκεῖν Hdt.—These exercises were ἅλμα, δίσκος, δρόμος, πάλη, πυγμή, the last being exchanged for the ἀκόντισις or ἀκών; they are summed in one pentam., ἅλμα, ποδωκείην, δίσκον, ἄκοντα, πάλην.
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25431
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n25459
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pe/ntaqlon

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