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An Ancient Greek javelin thrower

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English: This is a cropped version of a public domain image orginally found at: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248306

Original description from above source: Terracotta psykter (vase for cooling wine), ca. 520–510 B.C., attributed to Oltos

Athletes practicing in gymnasium

The name of each figure is inscribed: the flute player, Smikythos; the diskos thrower, Antiphanes, and his trainer, Antimenes; the broad jumper, Dorotheos ("he is going to jump"); the javelin thrower, Batrrachos; Kleainethos, the judge crowning the boy fair Epainetos, and his trainer, Alketes. Two inscriptions refer to the vase itself: "drink me" and "I open my mouth wide."
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