Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals
by E. Norman Gardiner
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About this eBook
- Author
- Gardiner, E. Norman (Edward Norman), 1864-1930
- Credits
- Produced by Turgut Dincer, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
- Subject
- Festivals -- Greece
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 59952
- Release Date
- July 20, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.LIST OF THE COMMONEST ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES
- 6.PART I A HISTORY OF GREEK ATHLETICS AND ATHLETIC FESTIVALS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 393 A.D.
- 7.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- 8.CHAPTER II ATHLETICS IN HOMER
- 9.CHAPTER III THE RISE OF THE ATHLETIC FESTIVAL
- 10.CHAPTER IV THE AGE OF ATHLETIC FESTIVALS, SIXTH CENTURY B.C.
- 11.CHAPTER V THE AGE OF THE ATHLETIC IDEAL, 500-440 B.C.
- 12.CHAPTER VI PROFESSIONALISM AND SPECIALIZATION, 440-338 B.C.
- 13.CHAPTER VII THE DECLINE OF ATHLETICS, 338-146 B.C.
- 14.CHAPTER VIII ATHLETICS UNDER THE ROMANS
- 15.CHAPTER IX THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL
- 16.CHAPTER X THE PYTHIAN, ISTHMIAN, AND NEMEAN FESTIVALS — (1) The Pythia — (2) The Isthmia — (3) The Nemea
- 17.CHAPTER XI THE ATHLETIC FESTIVALS OF ATHENS
- 18.PART II THE ATHLETIC EXERCISES OF THE GREEKS WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR STADIA AND GYMNASIA
- 19.CHAPTER XII THE STADIUM
- 20.CHAPTER XIII THE FOOT-RACE
- 21.CHAPTER XIV THE JUMP AND HALTERES
- 22.CHAPTER XV THROWING THE DISKOS
- 23.CHAPTER XVI THROWING THE JAVELIN
- 24.CHAPTER XVII THE PENTATHLON
- 25.CHAPTER XVIII WRESTLING
- 26.CHAPTER XIX BOXING
- 27.CHAPTER XX THE PANKRATION [741]
- 28.CHAPTER XXI THE HIPPODROME
- 29.CHAPTER XXII THE GYMNASIUM AND THE PALAESTRA
- 30.BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 31.INDEX
- 32.INDEX OF GREEK WORDS
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