Truthsmokemust

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Girls in "bikinis" (photo: ru.wikipedia.org )

The Middle Ages did not bring anything new to the development of relations between sports and art. On the contrary,

"girls in bikinis". We are talking here, of course, not about the beach fashion of the sample of 400 BC, but about the types of "fitness" available at that time, from running to jumping with dumbbells in your hands.

In ancient Rome, there is a noticeable variety of sports activities, including for women. This is evidenced by the preserved mosaic at Villa del Casale in Sicily, the plot of which is mistakenly interpreted in English-language sources as

back in the 7th century BC — disputes between individual states, policies and citizens were forcibly terminated during the competition).

genus. Competitions were considered as an important stage of preparation for wars, and the latter happened much more often than the Games held every four years (by the way, the concept of "Olympic truce", or ekeheiriya, appeared

In Sparta, physical education classes for girls were mandatory. Of course, not in order to receive olive wreaths and amphorae, but in order to give birth to worthy, that is, by the standards of the Spartans, athletic successors of the

and geographer Pausanias: "... She was the first woman to keep horses and the first to win chariots at the Olympic Games."