Athletes

(ath'leets.) [Gr.] (Antiq.) Men of remarkable strength and agility, disciplined to perform in the public games. Under this general term were comprehended wrestlers, boxers, runners, leapers, throwers of the disc, and those who practised exercises exhibited in the Olympic, Pythian, and other solemn sports, in which there were prizes allotted to the conquerors. [s. 57]