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grbs-11041	Immerwahr, Henry R.	An Inscribed Terracotta Ball in Boston	1967	14	.pdf	application/pdf	6567	345	75	Familiar from Hellenistic poetry, the erotic connotations of balls and ball games are implicit already in the famous scene in the Odyssey, where Nau­ sicaa's ball goes astray to wake up Odysseus, and they are explicit in a poem by Anacreon, in which the aged poet watches two girls playing ball.12 In this connection, the frieze on our ball with its athletic and erotic scenes is entirely appropriate: it depicts the most important events in the life of young men. For ball games in general, see Daremberg-Saglio IV.l pp.	cache/grbs-11041.pdf	txt/grbs-11041.txt