Athens, about the historical institution of the ephebeia







before its regularization in 335 B.C. Gymnastic exercises and the Pyrrhic dance must have played an important part as a preparation for war.74 The Athenian







pyrrhic, or armed dance, was performed nude at the







Panathenaia and involved choruses from the Athenian







tribes.75 The tradition of the warrior sportsman who participated in arm