Why the Greeks raced in their Olympics naked?

Persi
by Persi
07-Oct-2012
 

The Greeks consider themselves the source of all world knowledge, wisdom, art, politics, philosophy, and etc. However, a little research will show that the Greeks learned them from the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Persians. This article is not about such subject, it is about much more serious subject.

While I was swimming laps under the lustful eyes of cougar Septuagenarian Jewish ladies and listening to Zedbazi and TM Bax (my favorite Persian rappers) the above-referred intergalactic question came into my mind. During all this, I was thinking about which Persian restaurant I should go tonight that would not upset my stomach with its stale, non-halal and non-Kosher Kabab.

In any event, going back to my question, I have no answer. Were they trying to show off their reproductive organs hoping that if they do not win the race at least they will WOW (“ooh ahh” in Persian) the crowd with what they are trying to show off? Were they trying to take sporty competitive advantage by frightening their competitors? Were they trying to be humorous by showing their shortcomings and thus making their competitors laugh so that they could take advantage of them (I am referring to “sporty advantage” here!)?

If you have an answer to my question, feel free to write in English or Farsi. I have a gentle humorous soul and will not embarrass you.

Persi, unemployed and unemployable humor writer and sculptor. Copyrighted. All rights reserved.

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cvaughan59

Why Greeks raced nude

by cvaughan59 on

J. C. Vaughan

What I heard from Olympics historian on the radio: in an early Olympics race, one racer's tunic or "skirt" came off, accidentally, and that guy won the race, nude!  After that, all of the racers insisted on racing without any tunic or "skirt" thing (like a Scottish kilt, I do not know what it was called). 


Faramarz

The First Marathon!

by Faramarz on

 


As the great Greek historian Herodotus wrote, after the invasion of Persia, the Greeks picked up a few bad habits while staying in Ghazvin!

The first marathon, according to Herodotus was not an organized sporting event, but rather a poor and naked soul running as fast as he could to save his ass from a bunch of returning soldiers from Ghazvin, in naked pursuit!


alimostofi

Maybe related

by alimostofi on

There is a related thought that comes to mind on all this. Someone once said to me, that the reason the ancient Iranians were depicted so dressed up and with beards, was to show the world that they are not Greeks. And so maybe the Greeks went nude to show that they were not Persians.

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