For example, Homer’s Iliad, the oldest surviving work of Greek literature, describes how noble warriors, companions of Achilles, laid down their arms at the funeral rites for Patroclus and competed to prove their valor in boxing, wrestling, discus and javelin throwing, and chariot racing.
मिसाल के तौर पर होमर की रचना इलीअद में, जो आज तक मौजूद प्राचीन यूनानी साहित्य की सबसे पुरानी रचना है, लिखी बात को ही लीजिए ।