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Did ancient Greeks swim

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yes they did. There were two types of boats, cargo ships, and the trireme. Both had disadvantages. The trireme could easily get blown off course, and the cargo ship had to move in a zig-zag pattern, taking twice as long as normal.

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Swimming was so natural to the ancient Greeks that there is no instruction on these exercises. Children learned to swim by their parents in the same way they learned to walk. Plato considered a man who didn't know how to swim the same as an uneducated man.

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The women were kept in virtual purdah, properly dressed, working in the home and land and raising children. They got out only for an occasional women's religious festival. The exception was Sparta where the women were near-equal, and participated in sports and cultural activities.

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No. They didn’t swim. In fact women weren’t allowed to show their bodies in public for centuries. Even as late as the 1900’s in the United States women were arrested on beaches if any skin was shown.

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YES. Women in Ancient Greece swam. They didn't need to expose skin or be unladylike to swim.

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A Perspective of the History of Womens Sport in Ancient Greeceby Betty Spears.* Journal of Sport History, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Summer, 1984)

* Betty Spears is a Professor in the Department of Sport Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.

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They didn't do swimming in the ancient Olympics.

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Yes,by old way

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no

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