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see boxingboxing,sport of fighting with fists, also called pugilism and prizefighting. Early History
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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