What are Your Favorite Games of the 8th Century BC Greece?

[Becksworth]

Tell me of thy favourite Olympiad trials in honor of the great Zeus, fellow senators of the Talking Time. I myself enjoy a good chariot race.

 

[Falselogic]

Chariot racing wasn't introduced to the Olympics until the 6th century BCE!

 

[Issun]

Yeesss, the first riff thread. Now it really feels like Talking Time!

It's hard to go wrong with oiled up dudes flexing their glutes as they get ready to throw a discus.

 

[Falselogic]

It wasn't introduced to the mid 6th century BCE but the Pankration is where its at. It's basically mixed martial arts but there were almost no rules.

 

[Isrieri]

Senators were a roman thing! There were 9 Archons of Athens.

THERE CAN BE ONLY NIIIIIIINE

 

[Paul le Fou]

Gotta love that Pankration/wrestling. It's the oldest sport!

 

[Vidfamne]

Kóttabos.
You toast someone you like, then spin your kylix around to fling your residue of wine at a little disc mounted atop a slim pole. On success, the disc plummets onto a metal rim to produce a fantastic jangle. Siceliotes seem to have played it while standing, Athenians while reclining.
Because the ancient Greeks were highly civilized, they knew that such a game made a good oracle.

 

[q 3]

I'm fond of the egg run

 

[Octopus Prime]

I’unno, Kid Icarus?

 

[Shadax]

I’unno, Kid Icarus?

Flying a little close to the sun there.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

So many options.

 

[Destil]

The marathon.

Most sporting events should end with the winner dropping dead, to validate my unwillingness to participate in them.

 

[Torzelbaum]

Athletes always want to thank God for their victory - in that case they could do it in person.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Most sporting events should end with the winner dropping dead

I mean, all participants will eventually, if it is any consolation. This fact makes me enjoy e-sports a little more.