To: SunkenCiv
Did female Olympians also compete nekkid?
3 posted on
12/12/2010 8:33:03 AM PST by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Deaf Smith; SunkenCiv
Did female Olympians also compete nekkid?Only in the Winter Games.
6 posted on
12/12/2010 8:38:27 AM PST by
bigheadfred
(STAND IN THE CLOSET AND SCREAM WITH ME)
To: Deaf Smith
I thought I knew a bit of Egyptian history but I didn’t know about her. Then again my interest lies in the earlier periods. Thanks!
8 posted on
12/12/2010 8:44:13 AM PST by
ladyvet
To: Deaf Smith
Queen Arsinoë II: I think Cleopatra would be a better name for a candy bar than Queen Arsinoe II. Especially if you're buying it from an illegal alien store clerk.
"But officer, he asked for an arsenic candy bar."
9 posted on
12/12/2010 8:47:42 AM PST by
righttackle44
(I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
To: Deaf Smith; bigheadfred
AFAIK, women didn’t compete in the games, they had *teams* which competed in the games. The earliest one known was a “queen” of Sparta. And of course, all the male warriors in Sparta were also queens.
12 posted on
12/12/2010 8:50:20 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: Deaf Smith
There is no record of the Egyptians having Olympic contests. The Greeks did and they were called Olympic after Mt. Olympus atop which lived Greek gods.
Moreover, the Greek contests were male only events and the men competed in the nude.
The Egyptians may well have had athletic contests, but they most certainly were not “Olympic”.
This is well documented. Upshot: Anything this so-called archaeologist and/or historian says is automatically suspect.
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