Plethra vs Stadion - What's the difference?
plethra | stadion |
A Greek unit of measurement, equivalent to six plethra or six hundred podes, which, though varying in precise length, is generally accepted to be equivalent to approximately 185·4 metres.
* 1883 : Franz von Reber (translated by Joseph Thacher Clarke), History of ancient art ,
* 1993': David Gilman Romano, ''Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: The Origins of the Greek'' ' Stadion ,
* 2001 : Edward Seldon Sears, Running Through the Ages ,
As nouns the difference between plethra and stadion
is that plethra is while stadion is a greek unit of measurement, equivalent to six plethra or six hundred podes, which, though varying in precise length, is generally accepted to be equivalent to approximately 185·4 metres.stadion
English
(wikipedia stadion)Noun
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- The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war.
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- The stadion'' was used specifically for human athletic contests whereas the Greek ''hippodrome'' and later the Roman circus were used for equestrian events. The ''gymnasion'' and the ''palaistra were used for training purposes for human athletic events.
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- Stadion Race (200 meters)
- ??The winner of the Stadion' race could justifiably be called the fastest man in the Greek world. According to legend, Herakles, whose feet were 0·32 meters (12·7 inches) long, stepped-off the '''Stadion''' at Olympia. Since he chose a distance of 600 “feet”, this made the race at Olympia 192 meters. Herakles staged a race for his brothers, the Kouretes, and crowned the victor with a branch of wild olive. Although the Greek '''Stadion''' race was always 600 feet, other Greek gods had “feet” of different lengths. This caused the length of the '''Stadion''' race to vary slightly from stadium to stadium. This list of Olympic victors compiled by Hippias in about 400 B.C. lists the '''Stadion''' race as the only event in the first 13 Olympic games. Coreobus of Elis, a cook, was the victor in the ' Stadion race in 776 B.C. and thus the first recorded Olympic victor.
