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LEADER: 01432cam a22002534a 4500
001 2003016875
003 DLC
005 20080220152331.0
008 030725s2004 ctuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2003016875
020 $a0300100833 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aGV21$b.M55 2004
082 00 $a796/.0938$222
100 1 $aMiller, Stephen G.$q(Stephen Gaylord),$d1942-
245 10 $aAncient Greek athletics /$cStephen G. Miller.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$cc2004.
300 $aix, 288 p. :$bill. (some col.), map ;$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.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003016875.html