Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Note to the Reader xi
6. Abbreviations xii
7. Maps xviii
8. Ancient Greek athletics: an Introduction 1
9. PART I Olympia, the Periodos and Panhellenism
10. Introduction to Part I 19
11. 1 Sanctuaries, the State and the Individual 23
12. 2 The So-Called Olympic Peace in ancient Greece 36
13. PART II Gymnasion Education
14. Introduction to Part II 63
15. 3 Gymnasia and the Democratic Values of Leisure 66
16. 4 Notes on the Role of the Gymnasion in the Hellenistic City 87
17. PART III Festival Foundations
18. Introduction to Part III 105
19. 5 Opening address: Eighth International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy 108
20. 6 Two Greek athletic Contests in Rome 120
21. PART IV Competition and victory
22. Introduction to Part IV 143
23. 7 Games, Prizes, athletes and Ideology: some aspects of the history of sport in the Greco-Roman world 145
24. 8 Athletics, Festivals and Greek Identity in the Roman East 175
25. PART V: Athletic Representations
26. Introduction to Part V 201
27. 9 The Economy of kudos 204
28. 10 Greek athletics as Roman Spectacle: The Mosaics from Ostia and Rome 238
29. PART VI Greek Athletics and the Modern World
30. Introduction to Part VI 265
31. 11 First with the Most: Greek athletic Records and ‘Specialisation’ 267
32. 12 E. Norman Gardiner and the Decline of Greek Sport 284
33. Guide to Further Reading 312
34. Chronology 313
35. Glossary 315
36. Works Cited 318
37. Index 324