Dromos (sport)

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The Dromos ( ancient Greek δρόμος "run", "racetrack"); in the New Testament also " curriculum vitae ". is an ancient Greek sport.

In ancient Greece, the dromos was the gymnastic race , the oldest and most respected exercise in athletics . It stretched the single length of the deep sand-covered racetrack , scaled to the standard of a stadium , which was 600 feet in length. The span of a foot was different, and so was the length of the racetrack. The name was also transferred from the race to the area with racetracks, squares and buildings where the competitions took place.

Standard routes for their running routes were:

  • the stadium ( stadium run ; 600 feet, approx. 180 m)
  • the diaulos ( δίαυλος "double run"; 1200 feet, approx. 360 m)
  • the dolichos ( δόλιχος ), the length of which is given differently with 7, 12, 20 and 25 stages
  • the ephippios ( ἐφίππιος ), so named after the 4-stage long path in the hippodrome .

The ancient foot measurements were different, and accordingly the length of the racetrack.

The runners ran naked and rubbed with olive oil. The Dorians and Aiolers also ran girls who then wore a short chiton .

Another discipline was the dromos oplites , the hoplite run , in which the runners with helmets, shields and greaves, but - as with the other types of runs - ran barefoot.

The name was also transferred from the race to the area with racetracks, squares and buildings where the competitions took place. In particular, the paved, straight stretch of road between the Heroon des Akademos , Dipylon and Agora in Athens was called Dromos .

literature

  • Oscar W. Reinmuth: Dromos. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, column 165.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ " But when John was fulfilling his course, he said, I am not who you think I am; but, behold, he comes after me, whom I am not worthy of, that I may undo the shoes of his feet." ( Acts 13, 25  EU )
  2. ↑ According to Pausanias ' description of Greece (5.8.6), the first 17 Olympic Games only ran.
  3. ↑ Pausania's description of Greece 3.13.7