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Here is my amazing teaching fellow, Kathleen

Here's my list of 3 options for the Wikipedia project:
 * 1) Hermes of Olympia (the statue of Hermes, god of athletics, holding baby Dionysus)
 * 2) bronze discus offered to Zeus as a votive dedication by Asklepiades
 * 3) gymnasium at Delphi

Draft:

Bronze Discus: Votive Dedication by Asklepiades
This Bronze Discus was awarded to Publius Asklepiades after his victory in the Ancient Olympics in the year 241 CE. Although not much is known about Asklepiades besides his name, his victory in the Olympics demonstrate his great skill.

Bronze discuses were known for their use in the ancient Greek pentathlon; however, occasionally this equipment would be offered to the gods as thanks for their success in the Olympic Games. Publius Asklepiades, a man originating from the polis of Corinth, won the pentathlon in the year 241 AD, and because of his victory, he dedicated a discus to the god Zeus as thanks. The inscription along the circumference establishes that the discus is a dedication from Asklepiades to Zeus and that Asklepiades in the 265th Olympiad.

In general, this artifact demonstrates the dedication of objects to supernatural beings for the victories of individuals in the Olympic games. The object being made from bronze reflects that Asklepiades had large amounts of money due to the fact that bronze required trade in order to make. Mostly, the artifact has remained intact and currently resides in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in Greece although a replica of the discus can be seen in the Glyptothek museum in Munich, Germany.

"The ancient Greeks considered the rhythm and precision of an athlete throwing the discus as important as his strength.

'''The discus was made of stone, iron, bronze, or lead, and was shaped like a flying saucer. Sizes varied, since the boys' division was not expected to throw the same weight as the mens'.'''"

I do have sources, but none of them I have been able to find from any scholarly sources because I have not found a lot of literature strictly on this artifact.

see wikipedia page for complete article