Modern Sports and Games of Ancient Greece
Greece, ancient but so modern...
Stamp with the "Ball Player Relief" from the National Museum of Archeology in Athens, 500 BC, See original in the next figure
The ancient Greek "Maradona", playing "Episkyros" with a pala (National Museum of Archeology in Athens)
Young Greeks playing Field Hockey (έφηβοι κερητίζοντες) 510-500 B.C, National Museum in Athens, probably adopted from Egypt. The game is called “keretizein”. Kouros base found in the Themistoclean Wall, Athens, Greece
A large crowd stood around, enjoying the dancing magic,
as in the middle two acrobats led on the dance,
springing, and whirling, and tumbling.
Greek playing with a Yo-Yo
Young women playing ephedrismos
Ancient Greek Basketball ???
clipped from: www.mlahanas.de 
