See also:

• DISCUS (Gr. &oEor, disk)

DISCUS (Gr. &oEor, disk)  , a circular See also:

• PLATE

plate of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, later of See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, which was used by the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Greeks for throwing to a distance as a gymnastic exercise . Judging from specimens found by excavators, the ancient See also:

• DISCUS (Gr. &oEor, disk)

discus was about 8 or 9 in. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter and weighed from 4 to 5 lb, although one of See also:

• BRONZE

bronze, preserved in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum, weighs over 8 lb . Sometimes a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of quoit, spherical in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, was used, through a hole in which a thong was passed to assist the See also:

• ATHLETE (Gr. aOX177'7r; Lat. athleta)

athlete in throwing it . The See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport of throwing the discus was See also:

• COMMON

common in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, who mentions it repeatedly . It formed a See also:

• PART

part of the pentathlon, or quintuple See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games, in the ancient Olympic Games . See also:

• STATIUS, PUBLIUS PAPINIUS (c. A.D. 45-96)

Statius, in Thebais, 646-721, fully describes the use of the discus . In the British Museum there is a restored copy of a statue by See also:

• MYRON

Myron (see See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

GREEK See also:

• ART

ART, Plate IV. fig . 68) of a discus-thrower (discobolus) in the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of hurling the missile; but the investigations of N . E . See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• GARDINER
• GARDINER, JAMES (1688-1745)
• GARDINER, SAMUEL RAWSON (1829–1902)
• GARDINER, STEPHEN (c. 1493–1555)

Gardiner show that a wrong attitude has been adopted by the restorer . Throwing the discus was introduced as an event in See also:

• MODERN

modern athletics at the revived Olympic Games, first held at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens in 1896, and since that time it has become a recognized event in the athletic championship meetings of several See also:

• EUROPEAN

European nations, as well as in the See also:

• UNITED

United States, where it has become very popular . According to the See also:

• AMERICAN

American rules the discus must be of a smooth, hard-See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood See also:

• BODY

body without See also:

• FINGER

finger-holes, weighted in the centre with See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead disks and capped with polished See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass disks, with a See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring on the outside .

Its See also:

• WEIGHT

weight must be 41 lb, its outside diameter 8 in. and its thickness at the centre 2 in . It must be thrown from a 7-ft. circle, which may not be overstepped in throwing, and the throw is measured from the spot where the discus first strikes the ground to the point in the circumference of the circle on a See also:

• LINE

line between the centre and the point of striking .