Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals

List of IllustrationsList of Common AbbreviationsPART I. A HISTORY OF GREEK ATHLETICS AND ATHLETIC FESTIVALS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 393 A.D. -- IntroductoryAthletics in HomerThe Rise of the Athletic FestivalThe Age of Athletic Festivals, Sixth Century B.C.The Age of the Athletic Ideal, 500-440 B.C.Professionalism and Specialization, 440-338 B.C.The Decline of Athletics, 338-146 B.C.Athletics under the RomansThe Olympic FestivalThe Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean FestivalsThe Athletic Festivals of Athens. PART II. THE ATHLETIC EXERCISES OF THE GREEKS -- The StadiumThe Foot-RaceThe Jump and HalteresThrowing the DiskosThrowing the JavelinThe PentathlonWrestling BoxingThe PankrationThe HippodromeThe Gymnasium and the PalaestraBibliographyIndexIndex of Greek Words.