The Archaeology of the Olympics : the Olympics and other festivals in antiquit /

Main Author: Raschke, Wendy J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1988
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Wisconsin studies in classics
Subjects:
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300 |a xiii, 297 p. :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 23 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
505 1 |a Contents Part 1. Bronze Age antecedents -- The Minoan-Mycenaean origins of the Panhellenic games / Colin Renfrew -- Hittite athletics as prefigurations of ancient Greek games / Jaan Puhvel -- Part 2. Olympic ideals : appearance and reality -- The Panhellenic idea and the Olympic games / A.E. Raubitschek -- Images of victory : some new considerations of athletic monuments / Wendy J. Raschke -- How the amateurs won the Olympics / David C. Young -- Part 3. Olympia and the Olympic games -- Cult and competition locations at Olympia / Alfred Mallwitz -- The "first" Olympic games of 776B.C. / Hugh M. Lee -- Part 4. Beyond Olympia (1) : the other Panhellenic games -- The cult of Apollo and the games at Delphi / Joseph Fontenrose -- Excavations at the Panhellenic site of Nemea : cults, politics, and games / Stella G. Miller -- Part 5. Behind the scenes : amenities and nutrition -- The Greek gymnasium : some problems / Stephen L. Glass -- Food for athletes and Gods : a classical diet / Jane M. Renfrew -- Part 6. Beyond Olympia (2) : local rites and festivals -- Virgineum gymnasium : Spartan females and early Greek athletics / Thomas F. Scanlon -- The games in ancient Larisa : an example of provincial Olympic games / Kostas J. Gallis -- The religious significance of games in the Roman Age / Daniel P. Harmon 
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650 0 |a Sports  |x History  |z Greece 
650 0 |a Games  |x History  |z Greece 
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