Diagoras of Rhodes (Greek : Διαγόρας ὁ Ῥόδιος) was an ancient Greek boxer from the 5th century BC, who was celebrated for his own victories, as well as the victories of his sons and grandsons. He was a member of the Eratidea family at Ialysos in Rhodes.
Diagoras descended from Damagetus, king of Ialysus, and, on the mother’s side, from the Messenian hero, Aristomenes . Diagoras was victor in boxing twice in the Olympic games , four times in the Isthmian , twice in the Nemean , and once at least in the Pythian Games. The fame of Diagoras and his descendants was celebrated by Pindar (Olympian Odes VII). A local soccer club, Diagoras F.C., and the RhodesInternational Airport “Diagoras” are named after him.
His three sons were Olympic champions. The oldest son, Damagetos, won the pankration in 452 and 448 BC. Akousílaos, the second son, won the boxing in 448 BC. The two celebrated their victory by carrying their father around the stadion on their shoulders, cheered loudly by the spectators. This was considered the peak of happiness that a human being could experience, achieving great glory and yet having this glory matched or even surpassed by one’s own children. Legend has it that during Diagoras’ triumphant ovation on the shoulders of his sons, a spectator shouted: Die, Diagoras; you will not ascend to Olympus besides the meaning being that he has reached the highest honor possible for a man. Indeed Diagoras died on the spot, and has since been considered the happiest mortal that ever lived.
His youngest son, Dorieús, was even more successful than his brothers.
Ο Διαγόρας ο Ρόδιος ήταν ένας από τους διασημότερους πυγμάχους της αρχαιότητας και γενάρχης ολυμπιονικών. Καταγόταν από αριστοκρατική οικογένεια της Ιαλυσού (αρχαίας ροδιακής πόλης). Πατέρας του ήταν ο Δαμάγητος, εγγονός του βασιλιά της Ιαλυσού, και η μητέρα του ήταν κόρη του ήρωα Αριστομένη από την Μεσσηνία.Νίκησε στο αγώνισμα της πυγμαχίας στην 79η Ολυμπιάδα το 464π.Χ. Την νίκη του εξυμνεί ο Πίνδαρος στον Ζ’ Ολυμπιόνικο. Ο Διαγόρας ήταν επίσης περιοδονίκης (νικητής και των τεσσάρων πανελλήνιων αγώνων). Σε προχωρημένη ηλικία το 448 π.Χ. ήταν παρών στην Ολυμπία όταν οι γιοί του Δαμάγητος και Ακουσίλαοςστέφθηκαν Ολυμπιονίκες. Λέγεται ότι αμέσως μετά την ανακήρυξή τους σε Ολυμπιονίκες, οι γιοί του ανέβασαν τον πατέρα τους στους ώμους τους και τον περιέφεραν θριαμβευτικά στο στάδιο. Τότε ένας από τους θεατές αναφώνησε Κάτθανε Διαγόρα, ουκ εις Όλυμπον αναβήση (Πέθανε Διαγόρα, μην περιμένεις να ανέβεις και στον Όλυμπο) και ο Διαγόρας εν μέσω των επευφημιών και πλήρης ευδαιμονίας άφησε την τελευταία του πνοή. Ολυμπιονίκης στέφθηκε και ο τρίτος γιος του Δωριέας καθώς και τα εγγόνια του Ευκλής και Πεισίρροδος, γιοί της κόρης του Φερενίκης και της κόρης του Καλλιπάτειρας.
Nude
images of male athletes, gods and fighters could be found everywhere in ancient
Greece.
Everywhere!
These
images were displayed wherever people gathered, to serve as symbols of Areté or
Manly excellence – to remind the ancient Greeks just how much they valued and
cherished Areté.
These
male nude images were symbols of Righteousness, that when a Man had Areté, that
he was in total possession of his Manhood.
A Man
with Areté had the ability and willingness to fight. He possessed all the Moral
Virtues that make Men good, such as Humility, Integrity, Selflessness, Self
Control and showing the proper Respect for people, places and things.
Areté
was very important to the ancient Greeks.
Areté is very important to us as well.
Train and fight!
Always seek and cherish Manliness!
WarriorMale
Why
does Nudity matter?
Because
the Nude Man has been stripped of anything extraneous to himself – of anything
outside of his Manhood.
The
Consumer Culture’s trappings – his clothes – are stripped away.
What
is left is pure nude Manliness.
Manliness
produced and nurtured by Fighting.
Manliness
is all that matters.
Nudity
proves that.
Train
and Fight!
Love
your nude Manliness!
WarriorMale
Male nudity was common in the ancient world.
Women wore clothes, Men avoided them if possible.
It all centered around the idea that it was considered Manly to be nude.
Manly Men, Men who trained and fought at the Palaestra, were Proud of their trained and conditioned bodies.
They were Proud of their muscles, uncut Cocks and Balls.
So they went nude whenever they could.
Men were nude at the local fight gym and at all male dinner events called the symposium.
Today many Men are ashamed of their bodies, untrained and overweight.
Our Consumer Culture promotes the idea that “the clothes make the man”.
Spartan men would Laugh at such an idea.
Who would you want to join you in a fight to defend your family and your friends?
A fighter, strong and well trained, or an overweight well dressed man?
Train and Fight!
WarriorMale
The Spartan Warriors’ view of
Male Genitals wasn’t debased or deformed as ours is; rather they saw the Male
Genitals as the physical source of Man’s Willingness and Need to Fight, and
therefore, like Manhood itself, as sacred and worthy of Awe and Reverence.
Honor your Cock and Balls!
They deserve Respect!
WarriorMale
In the Warrior
World of Being, in the Warrior Kosmos, these two Nude Men, these two Nude
Warriors – are Locked in Combat – for all Eternity.
Their Fight
Never ends.
Fighting Manhood
is the Sum and Source of All the Excellences of Man.
WarriorMale
Nude
images of male athletes, gods and fighters could be found everywhere in ancient
Greece.
Everywhere!
These
images were displayed wherever people gathered, to serve as symbols of Areté or
Manly excellence – to remind the ancient Greeks just how much they valued and
cherished Areté.
These
male nude images were symbols of Righteousness, that when a Man had Areté, that
he was in total possession of his Manhood.
A Man
with Areté had the ability and willingness to fight. He possessed all the Moral
Virtues that make Men good, such as Humility, Integrity, Selflessness, Self
Control and showing the proper Respect for people, places and things.
Naked men proudly exposing their strong manly bodies to each other.
Skin to skin is the ultimate way to fight.
Just like the ancient times when men were not shy or afraid and they were accepting the attraction they felt for other men.
The attraction of manliness.
The attraction of male kallos and sthenos.
Train hard for…
Kállos and Sthénos
for
Beauty and Strength
of the male nature.
It’s extremely important for
all Men to experience Male Nudity.
To see Men Nude.
To fight Men Nude.
Very very important.
Men are “Hard Wired” for
Male Nudity.
As part of their development
as Men, they need to experience it, to actually fight other men nude.
This activity “completes”
them as Men. It provides Men with the “frame of reference” for Manliness, so
essential for growth as mature and complete Men.
Today, our Consumer Society
demonizes this need in Men.
It emphasizes clothes as
“making the Man”, meaning that by buying and wearing selective clothes a Man
defines his Manliness.
This could not be any
further from the truth.
Manliness is only produced
and nurtured by fighting.
It is not defined by the
wearing of clothes.
Removing clothes pushed Men
back to their Natural State, reflected by the condition of their Manly
bodies, trained and conditioned.
This is what Manliness is.
Clothes are merely used for
protection and warmth.
WarriorMale 