Article: Ancient Greek Athletics.(The Ancient Olympic Games)(Book Review)

Article: Miller, Stephen G. Ancient Greek Athletics.(Book ...
History: Review of New Books;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... work on ancient Greek athletics should appear ... to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, for much of Ancient Greek Athletics is concerned ... Bronze Age, Greek athletics really developed ... quadrennial Olympic games. Between 583 ...

Article: Ancient Greek Athletics.(Book Review)
The Historian;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Ancient Greek Athletics. By Stephen G. Miller. (New Haven ... important topics as the forerunners of Greek athletics; the elevated status of the so ... day and event-by-event, the Olympic Games as held in 300 BCE. Vivid touches ...

Article: Erosand Greek Athletics.(Book Review)
Journal of the History of Sexuality;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Chapter 1 contains a long and baseless speculation on the Olympic games prior to their foundation (or reorganization) in 776 B ... pursuit," but he does not make the same claim for men's Olympic games, which also began only with footraces. Chapter 5 discusses ...

Article: Greek athletics president to meet with IAAF over ...
AP Worldstream;  December 2, 2002 ;     287 words ... ... Associated Press an IAAF letter to Segas asked for better cooperation ... in order to avoid unnecessary embarrassment before the Olympic Games. The Greek association had said all its athletes had been tested without problems. It urged Greece to protect its athletes ...

Article: Books: Politics of the ancient athletes; Ancient Greek ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... provide an answer to that one, and the gods, their chosen athletes along with the techniques and strategies of the original Olympic Games are the structural points which Stephen Miller uses to present intriguing insights into the role athletics once played in ...

Article: The spirit of competition (agon) in the Olympic ...
Proceedings: International Symposium for Olympic Research;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... features of the ancient Olympic Games that made them unique ... competition, or agon, in the Olympic Games. The Ancient Olympics as ... racing, gladiators, and Greek athletics. (6) A search of the ... have not traced the term "Olympic Games," or similar, from Roman ...

Article: A Brief History of the Olympic Games.(Book review)
The Historian;  December 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... History of the Olympic Games. By David C ... books on the Olympic Games aimed at the ... body and mind, Greek athletics (generally ... athletes, women in Greek athletics, and the later ... attended the Olympic Games or were prevented ...