You know that athletes initially never ate ordinary, cooked food but ingested only dried figs, fresh cheese and bread made of ancient grains, all of which were considered to strengthen the body and the spirit. Consuming of meat by the athletes was introduced much later, but soon became very popular. When they did consume meat, which was much more rarely than most contemporary Olympians do, ancient athletes ate different types of meat according to their own sport. According to ancient sources, boxers ate bull meat while wrestlers ate pork and runners consumed goat...
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