Ancient Greek Boxing Rules. πυγμαχία pygmachia fist fighting dates back to at least the 8th century bc homer s iliad and was practiced in a variety of social contexts in different greek city states most extant sources about ancient greek boxing are fragmentary or legendary making it difficult to reconstruct the rules customs and history surrounding this activity in great detail. In pygmachia there were very very few rules which were.
The boxing rules in the early days were draconian. Ancient greek boxing greek. Ancient greek boxing 19 09 05 by m c.
The activity was called pyx or pygme in ancient greek.
The terms pugilism and prizefighting in modern usage are practically synonymous with boxing although the first term indicates the ancient origins of the sport in its derivation from the latin pugil a boxer related to the latin pugnus fist and derived in turn from the greek pyx with clenched fist the term prizefighting emphasizes pursuit of the sport for monetary gain. Ancient greek boxing greek. In western culture it is the greeks who are first. The boxing rules in the early days were draconian.
