From the Book - First edition.
Combat Sports and Gladiatorial Combat in Greek and Roman Private Art / Shelby Brown
The Greek Crown Games / Manuela Mari, Paola Stirpe
Athletic Contests in Contexts of Epic and Other Related Archaic Texts / Gregory Nagy
Greek Festivals in the Hellenistic Era / Zahra Newby
Greek Festivals in the Roman Era / Zahra Newby
Greek Combat Sport and the Borders of Athletics, Violence, and Civilization / Michael B. Poliakoff
Local Festivals / Onno van Nijf
Law, Litigation, and Sport in Ancient Greece / Zinon Papakonstantinou
Athletic Participation, Training, and Adolescent Education / David M. Pritchard
Athletic Images and the Monumentalization of Victory / Wendy J. Raschke
Greek Footraces and Field Events / David Gilman Romano
Sparta's Contributions to Greek Sport / Paul Cartledge
Greek Sanctuaries and Stadia / David Gilman Romano
Gender and Sexuality in Greek Sport / Thomas F. Scanlon
The Panathenaia and Local Festivals / Julia L. Shear
Origins of the Olympics to the Sixth Century BCE / Ulrich Sinn
Patterns of Politics in Ancient Greek Athletics / Panos Valavanis
'Professional' Organizations in the Hellenistic World / Ingomar Weiler
Sport and Spectacle in the Greek Bronze Age / John G. Younger
Overview and Approaches / Thomas F. Scanlon
Etruscan Events / Jean-Paul Thuillier
Games in the Republic: Performance and Space / Alison Futrell
Theories of Greek and Roman Sport / Paul Christesen
Theatre of Cruelty: Games of the Flavian Emperors / Richard Beacham
Roman Games and Spectacle: Christian Identity and the Arena / David S. Potter
The Decline and Fall of Spectacle / Paul Milliman
Gladiators / Michael J. Carter
Animal Events / Donald G. Kyle
Greek Hippic Contests / Nigel Nicholson
Naval Events and Aquacades / Rabun Taylor
Thematic Texts: Ovid, Martial, Tertullian / Kathryn Chew
Contests in Context: Gladiatorial Inscriptions and Graffiti / Anne Hrychuk Kontokosta
Economic Aspects of Athletic Competition in the Archaic and Classical Age / Lucia D'Amore
Imperial Spectacle in the Roman Provinces / Guy Chamberland
Gymnasium and Bath / Garrett G. Fagan
The Colosseum / Hazel Dodge
Circuses and Hippodromes / P. J. Holliday
Pompeii and Games / Luciana Jacobelli
Ludi and Factiones as Organizations of Performers / Steven L. Tuck
Animal Supply / Michael MacKinnon
Gladiators as a Class / Valerie M. Hope
Cult and Competition / Matthew P. J. Dillon
Spectatorship, Control, and Collective Groups / Geoffrey Sumi
Too Much of a Good Thing: The Health of Olympic Athletes in Ancient Greece / Lesley Dean-Jones
Sex in the Arena / Alison Futrell
Sport in Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East / Wolfgang Decker
Curse Tablets / Alexander Hollmann
Gymnasium and Polis / Nigel M. Kennell
Epinikia, Kudos, and Criticism / Leslie Kurke