Athletics in the Ancient World
Book Details
Author(s)E. Norman Gardiner
PublisherDover Publications
ISBN / ASIN0486424863
ISBN-139780486424866
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,573,785
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This comprehensive text focuses mostly on athletics in classical Greece and Rome, emphasizing the relationship between athletics and religion, art, and education. Also discussed are such events as throwing the discus and javelin, the pentathlon, the stadium and the foot-race, jumping, wrestling, boxing, ball play, and a Greek athletic festival. 137 black-and-white illustrations.
