David, the boy David, is rather an exception; you can think of him and treat him as a young Greek.

Standing forth there on the plain of battle between the contending armies, rushing forward to let fly his stone, he looks like a beautiful runner at the Olympic games.

After that I shall skip to the New Testament.

I mean to make a Christ." "You 'll put nothing of the Olympic games into him, I hope," said Gloriani.
"Oh, I shall make him very different from the Christ of tradition; more--more"-- and Roderick paused a moment to think.

This was the first that Rowland had heard of his Christ.
"More rationalistic, I suppose," suggested Miss Blanchard.
"More idealistic!" cried Roderick.