Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Common Abbreviations
PART I. A HISTORY OF GREEK ATHLETICS AND ATHLETIC FESTIVALS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 393 A.D.
Chapter 1. IntroductoryChapter 2. Athletics in HomerChapter 3. The Rise of the Athletic FestivalChapter 4. The Age of Athletic Festivals, Sixth Century B.C.Chapter 5. The Age of the Athletic Ideal, 500-440 B.C.Chapter 6. Professionalism and Specialization, 440-338 B.C.Chapter 7. The Decline of Athletics, 338-146 B.C.Chapter 8. Athletics under the RomansChapter 9. The Olympic FestivalChapter 10. The Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean FestivalsChapter 11. The Athletic Festivals of Athens
PART II. THE ATHLETIC EXERCISES OF THE GREEKS
Chapter 12. The StadiumChapter 13. The Foot-RaceChapter 14. The Jump and HalteresChapter 15. Throwing the DiskosChapter 16. Throwing the JavelinChapter 17. The PentathlonChapter 18. Wrestling Chapter 19. BoxingChapter 20. The PankrationChapter 21. The HippodromeChapter 22. The Gymnasium and the PalaestraBIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
INDEX OF GREEK WORDS