DISCUS (δίσκος), a circular plate of stone, or metal, made for
throwing to a distance as an exercise of strength and dexterity. It
was one of the principal gymnastic exercises of the ancients, being
included in the _Pentathlum_.
[Illustration: Discobolus. (Osterley, Denk. der alt Kunst, vol. 1.
No. 139)]