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Title The Archaeology of the Olympics : the Olympics and other festivals in antiquity / edited by Wendy J. Raschke
Published Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1988

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Description xiii, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Series Wisconsin studies in classics
Wisconsin studies in classics.
Contents 1. The Minoan-Mycenaean origins of the Panhellenic Games / Colin Renfrew -- 2. Hittite athletics as prefigurations of ancient Greek games / Jaan Puhvel -- 3. The Panhellenic idea and the Olympic Games / A.E. Raubitschek -- 4. Images of victory: some new considerations of athletic monuments / Wendy J. Raschke -- 5. How the amateurs won the Olympics / David C. Young -- 6. Cult and competition locations at Olympia / Alfred Mallwitz -- 7. The "first" Olympic Games of 776 B.C. / Hugh M. Lee -- 8. The cult of Apollo and the Games at Delphi / Joseph Fontenrose -- 9. Excavations at the Panhellnic site of Nemea: cults, policits and games / Stella G. Miller -- 10. The Greek gymnasium: some problems / Stephen L. Glass -- 11. Food for athletes and gods: a classical diet / Jane M. Renfrew -- 12. Virgineum Gymnasium: Spartan females and early Greek athletics / Thomas F. Scanlon -- 13. The Games in ancient Larisa: an example of provincial Olympic Games / Kostas J. Gallis -- 14. The religious significance of Games in the Roman Age / Daniel P. Harmon -- Epilogue / Wendy J. Raschke.n/Australia
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and indexes
Subject Games -- Greece.
SUBJECT Greece -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057037
Author Raschke, Wendy J.
LC no. 87040150
ISBN 0299113302
0299113345