DISCUS

A Smaller Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities · 1884 · p. 8

( δίσκος ), a circular plate of stone, or metal, made for throwing to a distance as an exercise of strength and dexterity. It was one of the principal gymnastic exercises of the ancients, being included in the Pentathlum . IMG:6459379820872971714_ill137.jpg: Discobolus. (Osterley, Denk. der alt Kunst, vol. 1. No. 139)