stadion

stadion englanniksi

1. bowl, stadium

1. (senseid) A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres.

(synonyms)

(hypo)

(cot)

2. 1883: Franz von Reber (translated by Joseph Thacher Clarke), ''History of ancient art'', p257 (S. Low…)

The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war.

3. 1993: David Gilman Romano, ''Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: The Origins of the Greek'' Stadion, page 1 (Diane Publishing Co.; (ISBN) (10), (ISBN) (13))

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.

4. (quote-book) 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.

5. (quote-book)

6. (synonym of).

7. (quote-book)|year=1882|pages=17–18|passage=The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war. In such early ages, any goal chosen in the plain was sufficient, like the oak-trunk mentioned by Homer; but it could not have been long before the need was manifest of a sloping stand for the spectators and an enclosure for the contestants, and thus the hippodrome, the race-course, was developed similarly to the smaller stadion.

8. (quote-journal), Marston & Co. Limited|year=1896|page=436|column=1|passage=(..) to my mind, that honor which a man attains by the wealth that allows him to buy the speediest horses and hire the most skilful drivers, compares poorly with the honor he wins who descends naked into the stadion and conquers by the strength of his muscles, the cunning of his brain, and the courage of his heart.

9. stadium (gloss)

10. a stadium (''sporting venue'')

11. stadium, arena

12. stadium

13. (l) (gloss)

14. stadium (gl)

(syn)

15. a stadium (gloss)

16. (l)

17. a stadium (sporting venue)

18. (l) (Greek unit of distance)