It has been said that this mysticism of power can be traced back to Sicily. Dionysius the Elder, condottiere, then king & man of letters, has been considered an origin of this. I believe the origin is indeed sicilian, but earlier than Dionysius.
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For the Greeks, victory signified that the spark of divinity that resided in every man was much larger in the victor. The Olympic games were a strictly religious event. Excellence was a religious phenomenon.
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