Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

pancrazio, i Dioscuri e i ludici

English translation:

pankration, the Dioscuri, and ...

Added to glossary by Michele Fauble
Oct 14, 2004 21:35
19 yrs ago
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Italian term

pancrazio, i Dioscuri e i ludici

Italian to English Art/Literary History
historical piece
Proposed translations (English)
5 +4 pankration, the Dioscuri, and the games

Discussion

Michele Fauble Oct 14, 2004:
Need further context for "i ludici" (it may not be games). And what is the historical period?

Proposed translations

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20 mins
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pankration, the Dioscuri, and the games

Pankration. Pankration is a sport or martial art introduced in the Olympic games in 648 BC. ... Among pankration fighters, Dioxippus was the most famous. ...
www.brainyencyclopedia.com/ encyclopedia/p/pa/pankration.html

Dioscuri. by James Hunter. ... Dioscuri. The Disocuri were Castor and Polydeuces (or Pollux), the twin sons of Leda and Zeus and the brothers of Helen of Troy. ...
www.pantheon.org/articles/d/dioscuri.html

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Note added at 5 days (2004-10-20 07:55:13 GMT)
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Mario Marcolin: i ludici =the players [undefined], perhaps
Peer comment(s):

agree smarinella : per ludici non sono sicura. the games = i ludi = i giochi, le gare
14 mins
Thanks. I was thinking "ludi" when I wrote games, then I realized it was "ludici".
agree sonja29 (X)
28 mins
thanks
agree Mauro Baglieri
12 hrs
thanks
agree Mario Marcolin : i ludici =the players [undefined], perhaps
5 days
thanks
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