Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals
E. Norman (Edward Norman) Gardiner
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. LIST OF THE COMMONEST ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES4. PART I A HISTORY OF GREEK ATHLETICS AND ATHLETIC FESTIVALS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 393 A.D.5. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY6. CHAPTER II ATHLETICS IN HOMER7. CHAPTER III THE RISE OF THE ATHLETIC FESTIVAL8. CHAPTER IV THE AGE OF ATHLETIC FESTIVALS, SIXTH CENTURY B.C.9. CHAPTER V THE AGE OF THE ATHLETIC IDEAL, 500-440 B.C.10. CHAPTER VI PROFESSIONALISM AND SPECIALIZATION, 440-338 B.C.11. CHAPTER VII THE DECLINE OF ATHLETICS, 338-146 B.C.12. CHAPTER VIII ATHLETICS UNDER THE ROMANS13. CHAPTER IX THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL14. CHAPTER X THE PYTHIAN, ISTHMIAN, AND NEMEAN FESTIVALS15. CHAPTER XI THE ATHLETIC FESTIVALS OF ATHENS16. PART II THE ATHLETIC EXERCISES OF THE GREEKS WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR STADIA AND GYMNASIA17. CHAPTER XII THE STADIUM18. CHAPTER XIII THE FOOT-RACE19. CHAPTER XIV THE JUMP AND HALTERES20. CHAPTER XV THROWING THE DISKOS21. CHAPTER XVI THROWING THE JAVELIN22. CHAPTER XVII THE PENTATHLON23. CHAPTER XVIII WRESTLING24. CHAPTER XIX BOXING25. CHAPTER XX THE PANKRATION[741]26. CHAPTER XXI THE HIPPODROME27. CHAPTER XXII THE GYMNASIUM AND THE PALAESTRA28. BIBLIOGRAPHY29. INDEX30. INDEX OF GREEK WORDS