Information about Halteres (ancient Greece)
- This article concerns an ancient sports object. For halteres as used in insect anatomy, see Halteres.
The term halteres comes from the Greek word for dumbbells. In ancient Greek sports, halteres were used as lifting weights, and also as weights in their version of the long jump, which was probably a set of three jumps. Halteres were held in both hands to allow an athlete to jump a greater distance; they may have been dropped after the first or second jump. According to archaeological evidence, the athlete would swing the weights backwards and forwards just before take-off, thrust them forwards during take-off, and swing them backwards just before releasing them and landing.
Halteres were made of stone or metal, and weighed between two and nine kilograms. Writing in Nature, biophysicist Alberto E. Minetti of Manchester Metropolitan University calculates that halteres added about 17cm to a 3m long jump. (ref: Nature 420, 141 - 142 (14 November 2002).)
Halteres (IPA pronunciation [hæl'tɪəriːz]; singular halter or haltere), also known as balancers or poisers
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Writing system: Greek alphabet
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Official language of: Greece
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dumbbell is a piece of equipment used in weight training, and are considered a type of free weight. It is a weight that is usually held in one hand. Hence, dumbbells normally come in pairs.
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The term ancient Greece refers to the periods of Greek history in Classical Antiquity, lasting ca. 750 BC[1] (the archaic period) to 146 BC (the Roman conquest). It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western Civilization.
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long jump (formerly called "broad jump") is an athletics (track and field) event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to land as far from the take-off point as possible.
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kilogram or kilogramme (symbol: kg) is the SI base unit of mass. The kilogram is defined as being equal to the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram (IPK), which is almost exactly equal to the mass of one liter of water.
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Nature is a prominent scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869. Although most scientific journals are now highly specialized, Nature is one of the few journals, along with other weekly journals such as Science and
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Biophysics (also biological physics) is an interdisciplinary science that applies the theories and methods of physics to questions of biology.
Biophysics research today is comprised of a lot of specific biological studies, which don't share a unique identifying
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Manchester Metropolitan University is a new English university based in the city of Manchester. It is the fourth largest university in Britain after the Open University, the University of London and the University of Manchester.
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