Nikon D7200, 12-24mm f/4G lens @12mm f/8, aperture priority. |
"Greek athletes also knew stress and pressure. Competing individually, they nonetheless represented their families, communities, and city-states. Carrying the heavy burden of a great investment of effort and emotion onto the track, Olympians gave their all for god and country. Participation was not enough; winning was the only thing. Pindar (518-438 B.C.), the greatest poet of victory odes, says that athletic victory was the greatest height to which mortals can aspire; he also writes of defeated athletes slinking home by back streets." — Donald G. Kyle, "Winning at Olympia", Archaeology, April 6, 2004 |
