Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-20
rs,VH IM EHR'S
Broad and Fifth.
urROEs OF MYTHOLOGY.
Strength Was Admired Above All
Things by the Ancients.
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written for the DlspdtSh')
uerou,es. the name familiar to us all
as the god of strength, was trained III
all manly arts, wrestling, archery. arms
and music (physical education and plenty
-. ia and when OF age, having received
the necessary gifts from the gods' no
started on the way 10 purge the earth
from violence and give security 10 It's
Inhabitants. ,s ,ha
He killed a lion. the terrible hydra, the
,oar that ravaged ARCADIA, cnastseu
Dionedes and Geryon, who feo tieiI
horses and cattle on human nesh. anu
cleaned out the Augean stables, which
contained 5000 oxen, and han not Zee,
cleaned for thirty years. IhiS ne wv
nv diverting river through tne staoies'
These were but a part or ms lapors,
performed many other expioits' ai4u ~
~, his fine on earth he was the supreme
nroiector OF humanity. Antaeus had maze
VOW IN build a temple OF human skulls
usrcnIes wrestIed with him. and event.
u,,lv crushed him In his arms, as ne
ed thu. each time Antaeus touched the
nth he gained fresh strength. he also
conquered death "a tribute TO neatn anu
strength. and restored the vile TO her
.,.aening husband. After death he was
,,ri,nd IN Hebe. the Goddess OK YOUTH
and their first act was TO restore IoIdus
"a vouth. who had assisted hercules VIII
the dreaded hydra. The particular PAGES
annoin;ed for the youth of Greece TO per-
s6rr, ali sorts of manly exercises were
c.,Jad pymnasla, and were oonsecrateu
80 Uercules.\ To us he Is the representa-
siya of health and strength, ana ABOVE
ali the demigod OF social progress.
Tbeseus was the hero Of Athens, ana
.,,'r,yards its King. We are Indebted
90 ph,tarch for his story. but most or II
- r,vtbicol He Is described as knight
errant and a slayer of monsters alter INC
manner OF Hercules. whom ne he.d III
biohesf esteem. Hercules had shown 10
mankind the benefit OF strong. heai.hy
body. ard TheseuS endeaVofeu 70 ioiio~
G., b,s footsteps. He went further; LOT
VI ~" Nv was he a wrestler of the highest
"a - hut he introduced methods and
80 for training. The schools for TINS
.',roose were Instituted by Theseus, ana
q 60 M flight OF Imagination to attribute
IN him the authorship OF the running
maze. A. ~o,aar 90 crate
.r,hrts ~ seven young men and virgins.
Thesens. then the son Of the King ohereu
himseIf. intending, II possible, TO XIII the
Ninotaur and so end the tribute. oh a, :
riv,ne AZ Crete. Ariadne fell In love WIN
him and Instructed him how 10 pass .he
,abvrlnth. He succeeded In Killing tne
Aim .syotaur "a monster. half man. half
beasO. and got safely out.
rhass,s To us is the father OF gynnasia,
cd the originator OF organized exercises.
a. dIn ,vas contemporary with Samson.
xo,o ~ Croton, was q wrestler or great
..',a,ion When but child ne was
sven times victorious In one Gay a. ,he
pv,hian games. He won SIX wrestling
, rsuuH in the Olympic games Zone In
and eha n1 could ss ncs s%s
~ 80. 81 an opponent. He would hold
= sor p %nss "a in such a way that,
without breaking IT, he would We id,. clasp sD0l q
fast in his hand S1o mat s,m mo- 'I He would
p,nS his head with cord. and hold his
breath ,a Til the veins swelied 50 pr9digi,
Ously to break the rope ssm ~' no n man
s.ss able 10 separate his fingers. One
day, when attending the lectures OF Pny.
thsgovas. tho pillar that supported tne