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Athletic contest   /æθlˈɛtɪk kˈɑntɛst/   Listen
Athletic contest

noun
1.
A contest between athletes.  Synonyms: athletic competition, athletics.






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"Athletic contest" Quotes from Famous Books



... temple, and that a sandal which has been worn by him is found sometimes, being in length two cubits, and whenever this appears all Egypt prospers. This they say, and they do in honour of Perseus after Hellenic fashion thus,—they hold an athletic contest, which includes the whole list of games, and they offer in prizes cattle and cloaks and skins: and when I inquired why to them alone Perseus was wont to appear, and wherefore they were separated from all the other Egyptians in that they held an athletic ...
— The History Of Herodotus - Volume 1(of 2) • Herodotus



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