CONTENTS.
Reading edition
Chapter I.
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Early Greek Games and Prizes1-42
Sports in Crete1
Athletics in Homer7
Origin of Greek Games in the Cult of the Dead9
Early History of the Four National Games14
Early Prizes for Athletes18
Dedication of Athlete Prizes21
Dedication of Statues at Olympia and Elsewhere24
Honors Paid to Victors by their Native Cities32
Votive Character of Victor Dedications37
Miscellaneous Memorials to Victors40
Honorary Statues41
Chapter II.
General Characteristics of Victor Statues at Olympia43-98
Size of Victor Statues45
Nudity of Victor Statues47
The Athletic Hair-fashion50
Iconic and Aniconic Statues54
Portrait Statues55
Aniconic Statues58
Aesthetic Judgments of Classical Writers58
Greek Originals of Victor Statues62
Canons of Proportion65
Assimilation of Olympic Victor Statues to Types of Gods and Heroes71
Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Hermes75
Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Apollo88
Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Herakles93
Athletes Represented as the Dioskouroi96
Chapter III.
Victor Statues Represented at Rest99-172
The Apollo Type100
The Affiliated Schools of Argos and Sikyon109
The School of Argos109
The School of Sikyon118
Aeginetan Sculptors122
Attic Sculptors126
General Motives of Statues at Rest130
Adoration and Prayer130
Anointing133
Oil-scraping135
Libation-pouring138
Resting after the Contest144
Attributes of Victor Statues147
Primary Attributes of Victor Statues148
The Victor Fillet148
Fillet-binders150
The Crown of Wild Olive155
The Palm-branch160
Secondary Attributes of Victor Statues161
Hoplitodromoi161
Pentathletes164
Boxers165
Wrestlers165
Caps for Boxers, Pancratiasts, and Wrestlers165
The Swollen Ear167
Chapter IV.
Victor Statues Represented in Motion173-256
The Tyrannicides173
Antiquity of Motion Statues in Greece176
Pythagoras and Myron178
Motion Statues representing Victors in Various Contests188
Runners: Stadiodromoi, Diaulodromoi, Dolichodromoi190
The Statue of the Runner Ladas196
Statues of Boy Runners200
Hoplitodromoi203
Pentathletes210
Jumpers214
Diskoboloi218
Akontistai222
Wrestlers228
Boxers234
Pancratiasts246
Chapter V.
Monuments of Hippodrome and Musical Victors257-285
Programme of Hippodrome Events259
Representations of the Chariot-race262
Chariot-groups at Olympia264
Remains of Chariot-groups269
The Apobates Chariot-race272
Statues of Charioteers274
Dedications of Victors in the Horse-race at Olympia and Elsewhere278
Monuments Illustrating the Horse-race280
The Apobates Horse-race282
Dedications of Musical Victors at Olympia and Elsewhere283
Chapter VI.
Two Marble Heads from Victor Statues286-320
The Group of Daochos at Delphi, and Lysippos286
The Apoxyomenos of the Vatican, and Lysippos288
The Agios and the Apoxyomenos compared, and the Style of Lysippos289
The Head from Olympia293
The Olympia Head and that of the Agias294
Identification of the Olympia Head298
The Dates of Philandridas and Lysippos300
Lysippos as a Worker in Marble, and Statue “Doubles”302
The Head of a Statue of a Boy from Sparta, and the Art of Skopas303
Comparison of the Tegea Heads and the Head from Sparta308
The Styles of Skopas and Lysippos Compared311
The Sparta Head Compared with that of the Philandridas316
The Sparta Head an Eclectic Work and an Example of Assimilation318
Chapter VII.
The Materials of Olympic Victor Monuments, and the Oldest-dated Victor Statue321-338
The Case for Bronze321
The Case for Stone323
The Statue of Arrhachion at Phigalia326
Egyptian Influence on Early Greek Sculpture328
Early Victor Statues and the “Apollo” Type334
Chapter VIII.
Positions of Victor Statues in the Altis; Olympic Victor Monuments Erected Outside Olympia; Statistics of Olympic Victor Statuaries339-375
Statues Mentioned by Pausanias339
The First Ephodos of Pausanias341
The Second Ephodos of Pausanias348
Summary of Results352
Statues not Mentioned by Pausanias, but known from Recovered Bases353
Olympic Victor Monuments Erected Outside Olympia361
Summary of Results374
Statistics of Olympic Victor Statuaries375