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Pankration
an ancient Greek athletic event involving a combination of wrestling and boxing though no himantes, boxing gloves, were used; in myth, the hero Theseus invented the pankration as a result of using both wrestling and boxing to defeat the Minotaur; a dangerous event, the pankration had two forms, kato... Found op http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glossaryi.html
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pankration
[pan-KRAT-ion] A type of wrestling with almost no rules. Pankration was very popular and was one of the Olympic events.
Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/glossary/index.shtml
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Pankration
Pankration (n or ən) was a martial art introduced into the Greek Olympic Games in 648 BC and founded as a blend of boxing and wrestling but with almost no rules save disallowing biting and gouging the opponent`s eyes out. The term comes from the Greek παγκράτιον paŋkrátion, literally m... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pankration
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