A poem of Callimachus to the goddess " who amuses herself on mountains with archery " imagines some charming vignettes: according to Callimachus, at three years old, Artemis, while sitting on the knee of her father, Zeus, asked him to grant her six wishes: to remain always a virgin ; to have many names to set her apart from her brother Apollo ; to be the Phaesporia or Light Bringer ; to have a bow and arrow and a knee-length tunic so that she could hunt ; to have sixty " daughters of Okeanos ", all nine years of age, to be her choir ; and for twenty Amnisides Nymphs as handmaidens to watch her dogs and bow while she rested.

Either to escape the cannonade and volleys of archery or because he saw an opportunity to outflank King Edward's isolated battle, the Duke of Somerset led at least part of his men via some of the " evil lanes " to attack Edward's left flank.

Eurytus has been noted by some as the one who taught Heracles the art of archery.

Although some recreational activities such as archery and horseback riding are practiced here, the importance of this area is primarily as a ecological preserve for various species of flora and fauna, such as snakes and lizards.

After roaming the wilderness for some time, Ishmael and his mother settled in the Desert of Paran, where he became an expert in archery.

Typically they are fought in costume and commemorate some event or tradition of the Middle Ages, and thus often involve horse racing, archery, jousting, crossbow shooting, and similar medieval sports.

Wrestling, javelin, fencing, archery, and boxing continue some of the martial arts of Europe in modified sport form.

Chapeltown Moor was in the manor of Newton ( whence Potternewton ), some 300 acres, used for races, archery contests, and in 1765 one of the first known cricket matches in Yorkshire, between " the Gentlemen of Chapeltown and the Gentlemen of Sheffield ".

The Olympic rugby union final between Australia and Great Britain was held in the stadium on 26 October 1908 and events such as archery and gymnastics took place at White City, while some others took place at Queens Club.

However, Robin gives back some money to the rabbits, giving his hat and archery kit to the young rabbit Skippy for his birthday.

Buddhist monasteries sporting prayer flags, display of thankas, archery competitions, a mock marriage and horse-polo are the some highlights of this festival.

Although the " kid brother " of the title — who is actually referred to by the name Connery in this film — has little in the way of secret agent skills, he is an expert at hypnotism and archery as well as some deadly martial arts.

The IHSA gradually relaxed its policy somewhat, allowing interschool contests for girls in some non-contact sports such as golf, tennis, and archery, but these were never popular events.

In archery, the bulk of elastic energy is stored in the throwing device, rather than the projectile ; arrow shafts can therefore be much smaller, and have looser tolerances for spring constant and weight distribution than atlatl darts.

The main activities towards that goal vary from specific focusing, meditation-like techniques, breathing techniques, blindfolded archery, energy healing ( for one's self and for someone else ), finding the heart of a maze, and many more.

Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat, while in modern times, its main use is that of a recreational activity.

A person who participates in archery is typically known as an " archer " or " bowman ", and one who is fond of or an expert at archery can be referred to as a " toxophilite ".< ref > The noun " toxophilite ", meaning " a lover or devotee of archery, an archer ", is derived from Toxophilus by Roger Ascham —" imaginary proper name invented by Ascham, and hence title of his book ( 1545 ), intended to mean ' lover of the bow '.

Using archery to take game animals is known as bow hunting.

This is the most popular form of competitive archery worldwide and is called target archery.

A form particularly popular in Europe and America is field archery, shot at targets generally set at various distances in a wooded setting.

Para-Archery is an adaptation of archery for athletes with a disability.

The English longbow, also called the Welsh longbow, is a powerful type of medieval longbow ( a tall bow for archery ) about 6 ft ( 1. 83 m ) long used by the English and Welsh for hunting and as a weapon in medieval warfare.

It was the difficulty in using the longbow which led various monarchs of England to issue instructions encouraging their ownership and practice, including the Assize of Arms of 1252 and King Edward III's declaration of 1363: " Whereas the people of our realm, rich and poor alike, were accustomed formerly in their games to practise archery – whence by God's help, it is well known that high honour and profit came to our realm, and no small advantage to ourselves in our warlike enterprises ... that every man in the same country, if he be able-bodied, shall, upon holidays, make use, in his games, of bows and arrows ... and so learn and practise archery.

While it is hard to assess the significance of military archery in pre-Norman Conquest Anglo-Saxon warfare, it is clear that archery played a prominent role under the Normans, as the story of the Battle of Hastings shows.

Whereas the Mongolian Nadam preserved the nomadic features of horse race, wrestling, and archery, the Monguor Nadun has encoded their history through masked dance performances and presents as an annual military drill combined with joyful celebrations of harvest.

He is renowned for his skill in archery as he can fire an arrow that pierces through a willow leaf from a distance of more than a 100 paces.

Each character attribute is assigned a price to improve, so for example it might cost a character 2 points to raise an archery skill one notch, 10 points to raise overall dexterity by one, or it might cost 20 points to learn a new magic spell.

At the 2004 Olympics, he was surprisingly eliminated by Ron van der Hoff with 135-145 in the round of 64, placing 52nd overall in men's individual archery.

Mansour lost 154-102 in the 18-arrow match, placing 64th overall in women's individual archery.

Kawasaki lost 119-106 in the 18-arrow match, placing 63rd overall in women's individual archery.

Galbraith lost 138-116 in the 18-arrow match, placing 62nd overall in women's individual archery.

Arnold lost 132-121 in the 18-arrow match, placing 61st overall in women's individual archery.

Dykman lost 147-121 in the 18-arrow match, placing 60th overall in women's individual archery.

Bahnasawy lost 164-127 in the 18-arrow match, placing 58th overall in women's individual archery.

Beaudet lost 146-128 in the 18-arrow match, placing 56th overall in women's individual archery.

Burdeyna, in a major upset, lost 137-129 in the 18-arrow match, dropping to 55th overall in women's individual archery.

Palmer lost 141-130 in the 18-arrow match, placing 54th overall in women's individual archery.

The biggest upset of the round, this match saw Valeeva lose to Figueroa 132 – 130 in the 18-arrow match, dropping all the way to 53rd overall in women's individual archery.

Dola fell victim to an upset, losing 141-131 in the 18-arrow match, placing 52nd overall in women's individual archery.

Narimanidze lost 148-132 in the 18-arrow match, placing 51st overall in women's individual archery.

Chen lost 142-133 in the 18-arrow match, placing 50th overall in women's individual archery.

Nasaridze lost in a close upset 136-133 in the 18-arrow match, placing 49th overall in women's individual archery.

However, she was defeated 10-7 in the first tie-breaker, leading to a final ranking of 48th overall in women's individual archery.

Dostay lost 153-136 in the 18-arrow match, placing 47th overall in women's individual archery.

Nabieva lost 156-142 in the 18-arrow match, placing 45th overall in women's individual archery.

Sut Txi lost 154-143 in the 18-arrow match, placing 44th overall in women's individual archery.

Schuh lost 151-143 in the 18-arrow match, placing 43rd overall in women's individual archery.

Esebua lost 153 – 149 in the 18-arrow match, falling to 40th overall in women's individual archery.

Unfortunately for Thin, Sobieraj's final arrow was slightly closer to the center of the target, allowing Sobieraj to advance and eliminating Thin with a final rank of 39th overall in women's individual archery.

Günay lost 163-152 in the 18-arrow match, placing 38th overall in women's individual archery.