The Archaeology of the Olympics : the Olympics and other festivals in antiquit /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
1988
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Wisconsin studies in classics
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- 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