Ancient Greek athletics

by Miller, Stephen Gaylord

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Title Statements

Full title :Ancient Greek athletics / Stephen G. Miller.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:cop. 2004.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Yale University Press
Place of Publication:New Haven
Language:eng
Publication Date:cop. 2004.

The Physical Object

Description:IX, 288 str. : : ilustr., zvd. ; : 27 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0300100833, 9780300100839
oclc:ocn443677068
Dewey Decimal:796/.09495

Introduction -- The world of Greek athletics -- The origins of Greek athletics -- The crown competitions: the events at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea, and Isthmia -- The sites of the crown competitions -- The Olympic games, 300 B.C.: a reconstruction of a festival -- The money games at Epidauros, Athens, Larissa, and Sparta -- Women and athletics -- Athletes and heroes -- Sport and recreation -- Training: the world of the gymnasion and the palaistra -- Athletics as entertainment in the Hellenistic and Roman periods -- Professionals and amateurs -- Politics and the games -- Athletics and society -- Arete.