their food. In today’s sports‚ balls follow projectile motion such as when a basketball player shoots the ball into the hoop‚ a golfer or a baseball player hitting the ball‚ a tennis player lobbing the ball‚ a javelin thrower‚ a discus thrower or a shot putter trying to throw their objects as far as they can (Sears‚ Zemansky and Young 54). In warfare‚ catapults and arrows in medieval times were the deadly weapons while today‚ guns‚ mortars‚ rockets and missiles have replaced those
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as marble. There were also statues made of wood and bronze (a kind of metal). Over time Greeks made their statues more lifelike - gods look like human beings. There are figures of people without clothes‚ and statues of athletes in action (a discus thrower‚ for example). The Romans collected Greek statues and made copies of them. Many later artists imitated the Greek styles
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Biomechanical analyses of the performance of Paralympians: From foundation to elite level Clinical Perspectives in Research and Product Development Biomechanical analyses of the performance of Paralympians: From foundation to elite level Sarah A. Curran1 and Laurent Frossard 2‚3 1 2 Wales Centre for Podiatric Studies‚ Cardiff Metropolitan University‚ Cardiff‚ UK Group of Research on Adapted Physical Activities‚ Université du Québec à Montréal‚ Canada 3 Marie Enfant Rehabilitation Centre‚ CHU Sainte-Justine
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influenced Western Civilization. The pillars and the shape of the building showed a sense of power and the actual architecture used in the Parthenon is still used today in places like the White House and Lincoln Monument. The picture of The Discus Thrower sculpture in document #8 reveals things about Greek values and shows an olympic event that is still used in modern times. This statue shows that the Greeks were very athletic people. The olympics sill influence p[people today by
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Apollonius of Rhodes (Author) Wrote The Argonautica. The myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis Aratus (Author) Wrote Phaenomena. A didactic (teaching something) poem about astronomy. Describes constellations and other celestial phenomena. Aristophanes (Author) wrote The Clouds‚ The Frogs‚ Lysistrata‚ old comedy‚ native Athenian‚ attacks politicians‚ harsh critic of various governments Aristoxenus (Author) music‚ science‚ wrote the Elements
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The sport of running is one of the best kinds of sports because throughout the school year there is a running sport for each sports season. That means if you want to run all year long on a competitive school team than you can‚ unlike any other sport offered at school‚ running is the only sport which has a team for all seasons. The first of the running sports takes place in the fall and it is called cross country. Cross country is a sport where teams of runners compete to complete a course over
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was as a whole‚ whereas Greek philosophers consider the individuals as a crucial part of society. As shown in Document 12‚ the human is miniscule to the landscape around him‚ showing that the human is only a tiny piece in the civilization. The Greek Discus
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Comparing Modern Olympics to Ancient Greek Olympics The Olympics‚ the most popular show on TV every two years. The Olympics are very old‚ older then you would think‚ they are over 1‚500 years old. The Olympics were created by the Greeks‚ and were held every four years‚ back then “Four years” was called an Olympiad. The original Olympics Games were not invented by anybody. They were created in month Apollonius in year that we now know as 776 B.C.‚ there was a great foot race in a meadow beside
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The Lincoln Memorial and its Greco-Roman Architecture Greece and Rome can be known to the world as one of the most famous civilizations that lived‚ Greece specifically being one of the cultural foundations of western civilization to most historians. They thrived with culture‚ had rulers who influenced some of the decisions that we have made today (like not using a tyranny‚ but a democracy for government) and because of that Greco Roman architecture has always been viewed as the most recognizable
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What is a drug? A drug is a chemical substance that‚ when absorbed into the body‚ can alter normal bodily function. Many drugs have been banned in sport if they are deemed to provide an unfair advantage‚ pose a health risk‚ or are seen to violate the ‘spirit of sport’. The use of banned drugs by athletes is referred to as ‘doping’. The International Olympic Committee (IOC)‚ and more recently‚ the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have been leading the way in the battle against drugs in sport.
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