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050 00 $aGV21$b.M55 2004
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100 1 $aMiller, Stephen G.
245 10 $aAncient Greek athletics /$cStephen G. Miller.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$cc2004.
300 $aix, 288 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps ;$c27 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and indexes.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
650 0 $aAthletics$zGreece$xHistory.
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