The victory of a cheating pankratiast
The pankration was a brutal form of wrestling where anything went except biting and gouging. Sostratos, a pankratiast from Sikyon, was famous for breaking his opponent’s fingers at the beginning of the contest. Because of this habit he became known as ‘Mr Finger-Tips’.
Senior curator, Judith Swaddling describes the pankratiasts
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