Hysplex: The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia
Subtitle: A Contribution to Ancient Greek Technology (University of California Publications in Classical Studies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: September 28, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780520098299
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Track & field sports, athletics; Ancient Greece - History; Running; Sports & Recreation; History - General History; Sports; Ancient Greece; Ancient - Greece; History / Ancient / General; General; Design and construction; Greece; History; Stadiums
First sentence: The need to guarantee a simultaneous start for all the footraces and specially for the stadion race was certainly one of the more important problems that the officials of the competitions in ancient Greek city-states and sanctuaries had to confront and solve.