A ceramic sculpture depicting two girls playing the Ephedrismos game with one carrying the other on her back. From Corinth in Greece, c. 300 BCE, now housed at the Allard Pierson Museum in the Netherlands [1061×2300]
A ceramic sculpture depicting two girls playing the Ephedrismos game with one carrying the other on her back. From Corinth in Greece, c. 300 BCE, now housed at the Allard Pierson Museum in the Netherlands [1061×2300]
> According to Julius Pollux , the game is played as follows: the participants first place a stone ( δίορος / díoros , “separation”) on the ground and must try to reach it and knock it over by throwing balls or pebbles at it from a certain distance. The first player to hit the target wins; the player who fails must then carry the winner on his back, who covers his eyes with his hands, until he in turn manages to hit the stone. This activity therefore has two main phases: throwing at the target and carrying the opponent blindly.
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> According to Julius Pollux , the game is played as follows: the participants first place a stone ( δίορος / díoros , “separation”) on the ground and must try to reach it and knock it over by throwing balls or pebbles at it from a certain distance. The first player to hit the target wins; the player who fails must then carry the winner on his back, who covers his eyes with his hands, until he in turn manages to hit the stone. This activity therefore has two main phases: throwing at the target and carrying the opponent blindly.
[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephedrismos](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephedrismos)
Games from before the invention of fun!
It’s a remarkable way of carrying someone.