Note 153 — Chapter VI · PROFESSIONALISM AND SPECIALIZATION, 440-338 B.C.
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Pol. v. 1339 a. Krause (Gym. p. 645, n. 3), and other writers following him, discredit this statement, not realizing that Aristotle is speaking of professional athletics. Of the eight examples quoted by Krause of athletes who had won victories both as boys and as men, five belong to the sixth or early fifth century, one is later than Aristotle, one is contemporary with him, the date of the eighth is doubtful.