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Author:

Miller, Stephen G.

Title:

Ancient Greek athletics / Stephen G. Miller.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

ix, 288 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Athletics--Greece--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and indexes.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

9780300100839 (alk. paper)
0300100833 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52773569

LCCN:

2003016875

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