Athletics in the Ancient WorldCourier Corporation, 2012 M06 11 - 352 páginas 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. |
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ATHLETICS AND ART | 53 |
ATHLETICS AND EDUCATION | 72 |
PROFESSIONALISM | 97 |
ROMAN SPORTS | 115 |
JUMPING | 142 |
THROWING THE DISKOS | 152 |
THROWING THE JAVELIN | 167 |
THE PENTATHLON | 175 |
WRESTLING | 179 |
BOXING | 195 |
THE PANKRATION | 210 |
BALL PLAY | 228 |
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