Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals
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A history of ancient Greek athletics, the religious festivals at which they were held, and details of the specific sports. Retrieved from the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/stream/greekathle...
Chapters (519)
- Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF THE COMMONEST ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES
- PART I A HISTORY OF GREEK ATHLETICS AND ATHLETIC FESTIVALS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 393 A.D.
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II ATHLETICS IN HOMER
- CHAPTER III THE RISE OF THE ATHLETIC FESTIVAL
- CHAPTER IV THE AGE OF ATHLETIC FESTIVALS, SIXTH CENTURY B.C.
- CHAPTER V THE AGE OF THE ATHLETIC IDEAL, 500-440 B.C.
- CHAPTER VI PROFESSIONALISM AND SPECIALIZATION, 440-338 B.C.
- CHAPTER VII THE DECLINE OF ATHLETICS, 338-146 B.C.
- CHAPTER VIII ATHLETICS UNDER THE ROMANS
- CHAPTER IX THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL
- CHAPTER X THE PYTHIAN, ISTHMIAN, AND NEMEAN FESTIVALS
- (1) The Pythia
- (2) The Isthmia
- (3) The Nemea
- CHAPTER XI THE ATHLETIC FESTIVALS OF ATHENS
- PART II THE ATHLETIC EXERCISES OF THE GREEKS WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR STADIA AND GYMNASIA
- CHAPTER XII THE STADIUM
- CHAPTER XIII THE FOOT-RACE
- CHAPTER XIV THE JUMP AND HALTERES
- CHAPTER XV THROWING THE DISKOS
- CHAPTER XVI THROWING THE JAVELIN
- CHAPTER XVII THE PENTATHLON
- CHAPTER XVIII WRESTLING
- CHAPTER XIX BOXING
- CHAPTER XX THE PANKRATION[741]
- CHAPTER XXI THE HIPPODROME
- CHAPTER XXII THE GYMNASIUM AND THE PALAESTRA
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
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