As we know, the word polymathy came from ancient Greek, and
the ancient Greeks had a lot of thoughts about polymathy. Believe it or not, that
they even held competitions in polymathy!
Polymathy appears in a second century BCE inscription from
the Ionian city of Teos (which is in modern Turkey), which listed the winners in student competitions for,
among other sports and subjects, polymathía.
I guess that this was the predecessor of the College Bowl.
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