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cestus
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cestus or caestus: see boxing boxing, sport of fighting with fists, also called pugilism and prizefighting.

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Depicted on the walls of tombs at Beni Hasan in Egypt, dating from about 2000 to 1500 B.C., boxing is one of the oldest forms of competition.
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cestus
Aphrodite’s girdle made by Hephaestus; magically induces passion. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 183]
See : Aphrodisiacs


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