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pancratiast

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Pan`cra´ti`ast
n.1.One who engaged in the contests of the pancratium.
pancratiast
a person skilied in the art of boxing or wrestling. — pancratiastic, adj.
See also: Boxing
a person skilled in the art of boxing or wrestling. — pancratiastic, adj.
See also: Athletics
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You cannot mean to say that because Polydamas, the pancratiast, is stronger than we are, and finds the eating of beef conducive to his bodily strength, that to eat beef is therefore equally for our good who are weaker than he is, and right and just for us?
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