http://walthamstow.london/News/details-about-military-training-in-sparta-or-in-2/ Athens, about the early 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 prep for war.74 The Athenian pyrrhic, or armed dance, was performed nude at the Panathenaia and included choruses from the Athenian tribes.75 The custom of the warrior sportsman who participated in armed dances and r Sat, 14 Jan 2017 05:01:10 UTC en