The History of Greek Athletic Sports & Festivals (Illustrated Edition)
By Edward Norman Gardiner
Length18h 50m
About this audiobook
This thorough historical study must be of interest to any sport enthusiast as well as to history scholars and professional athletes. The first part of this book is dedicated solely to the history of Greek athletics. The second part is more technical, though it may perhaps appeal to those who are actively interested in athletics. It consists of a number of chapters, each complete in itself, dealing with the details of Greek athletics.
Content:
History of Greek Athletics and Athletic Festivals From the Earliest Times to 393 A.D.
Athletics in Homer
The Rise of the Athletic Festival
The 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 Romans
The Olympic Festival
The Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean Festivals
The Athletic Festivals of Athens
The Athletic Exercises of the Greeks
The Stadium
The Foot-Race
The Jump and Halteres
Throwing the Diskos
Throwing the Javelin
The Pentathlon
Wrestling
Boxing
The Pankration
The Hippodrome
The Gymnasium and the Palaestra
Audiobook details
GenreOther
Length18 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 17, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
16(3) The Nemea
2LIST OF THE COMMONEST ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES
17CHAPTER XI THE ATHLETIC FESTIVALS OF ATHENS
3PART I A HISTORY OF GREEK ATHLETICS AND ATHLETIC FESTIVALS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 393 A.D.
18PART II THE ATHLETIC EXERCISES OF THE GREEKS WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR STADIA AND GYMNASIA
4CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
19CHAPTER XII THE STADIUM
5CHAPTER II ATHLETICS IN HOMER
20CHAPTER XIII THE FOOT-RACE
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6CHAPTER III THE RISE OF THE ATHLETIC FESTIVAL
21CHAPTER XIV THE JUMP AND HALTERES
7CHAPTER IV THE AGE OF ATHLETIC FESTIVALS, SIXTH CENTURY B.C.
22CHAPTER XV THROWING THE DISKOS
8CHAPTER V THE AGE OF THE ATHLETIC IDEAL, 500-440 B.C.
23CHAPTER XVI THROWING THE JAVELIN
9CHAPTER VI PROFESSIONALISM AND SPECIALIZATION, 440-338 B.C.
24CHAPTER XVII THE PENTATHLON
10CHAPTER VII THE DECLINE OF ATHLETICS, 338-146 B.C.
25CHAPTER XVIII WRESTLING
11CHAPTER VIII ATHLETICS UNDER THE ROMANS
26CHAPTER XIX BOXING
12CHAPTER IX THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL
27CHAPTER XX THE PANKRATION741
13CHAPTER X THE PYTHIAN, ISTHMIAN, AND NEMEAN FESTIVALS
28CHAPTER XXI THE HIPPODROME
14(1) The Pythia
29CHAPTER XXII THE GYMNASIUM AND THE PALAESTRA (pt. 1)
15(2) The Isthmia
30CHAPTER XXII THE GYMNASIUM AND THE PALAESTRA (pt. 2)
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