TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,Stephen G.
TI  - Ancient Greek athletics
SN  - 0300100833 (alk. paper)
U1  - 796/.0938 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Athletics
KW  - Greece
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and indexes; 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
ER  -