Difference between revisions of "Ancient Blaseball"

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The bounds of blaseball are unknown. However, certain records and myths have come to us from the ancient world suggesting that societies across the globe have been participating in the cultural event of blaseball for thousands of years.

Ancient Greece

Blaseball is said to have been brought to Greece from the East by Cadmus in his search for his sister, Europa. As such, Thebes is believed to have been the first Greek polis with a blaseball team, αἱ ἐλαῖαι (hai elaiai, 'the olives').

According to myth, Heracles played in the Hellenic League, where he was the first to introduce using a club to hit the blaseball.

Ancient Rome

Little is known about Blaseball in Ancient Rome other than that Jessica Telephone played in the first match played in the newly built Flavian Amphitheater.

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 === Ancient Greece ===
-Blaseball is said to have been brought to Greece from the East by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmus Cadmus] in his search for his sister, Europa. As such, Thebes is believed to have been the first Greek polis with a blaseball team, [[αἱ ἐλαῖαι]] (hai elaiai, 'the olives').
+Blaseball is said to have been brought to Greece from the East by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmus Cadmus] in his search for his sister, Europa. As such, Thebes is believed to have been the first Greek polis with a blaseball team, [[αἱ]] [[ἐλαῖαι]] (hai elaiai, 'the olives').
 According to myth, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracles Heracles] played in the Hellenic League, where he was the first to introduce using a club to hit the blaseball.