A companion to sport and spectacle in Greek and Roman antiquity

Content: General Introduction / Paul Christesen and Donald G. Kyle --
Section One. Greece --
Part One. The Background --
Greek Athletic Competitions : The Ancient Olympics and More / Donald G. Kyle --
Sport in the Aegean Bronze Age / Jeremy B. Rutter --
Sport in the Early Iron Age and Homeric Epic / Timothy P.J. Perry --
Representations of Sport in Greek Literature / Nigel Nicholson --
Picturing Victory : Representations of Sport in Greek Art / Jenifer Neils --
Inscriptions as Evidence for Greek Sport / H.W. Pleket --
Recent Trends in the Study of Greek Sport / Ingomar Weiler --
Part Two. Places --
Panhellenic Athletics at Olympia / Thomas Heine Nielsen --
Sport and Society in Sparta / Paul Christesen --
Sport, Society, and Politics in Athens / Donald G. Kyle --
Athletic Festivals in the Northern Peloponnese and Central Greece / David Gilman Romano --
Sport and Society in the Greek West / Carla M. Antonaccio --
Part Three. People, Settings, Ideas --
Sport and Democratization in Ancient Greece (with an Excursus on Athletic Nudity) / Paul Christesen --
Growing Up with Greek Sport : Education and Athletics / Werner Petermandl --
Eros and Greek Sport / Andrew Lear --
Greek Female Sport : Rites, Running, and Racing / Donald G. Kyle --
People on the Fringes of Greek Sport / Christian Mann --
The Greek Stadium as a Reflection of a Changing Society / Stephen G. Miller --
The Social Life of Greek Athletic Facilities (other than Stadia) / Michael Scott --
The Role of Religion in Greek Sport / Sarah C. Murray --
Ancient Critics of Greek Sport / Zinon Papakonstantinou --
Sport, Spectacle, and Society in Ancient Macedonia / Winthrop Lindsay Adams --
Part Four. Later Greek Sport and Spectacle --
Greek Sport in Egypt : Status Symbol and Lifestyle / Sofie Remijsen --
Sport in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor / H.W. Pleket --
Section Two. Rome --
Part One. The Background --
Overview of Roman Spectacle / Roger Dunkle --
Etruscan Sport / Giampiero Bevagna --
Writing Arenas : Roman Authors and Their Games / Zara Martirosova Torlone --
Representations of Spectacle and Sport in Roman Art / Steven L. Tuck --
Material Evidence for Roman Spectacle and Sport / Gregory S. Aldrete --
Trends in the Study of Roman Spectacle and Sport / Jerry Toner --
Part Two. Spectacles and Sport in Rome --
Gladiatorial Combat as Alluring Spectacle / Garrett G. Fagan --
Women with Swords : Female Gladiators in the Roman World / Stephen Brunet --
Roman Chariot Racing : Charioteers, Factions, Spectators / Sinclair Bell --
Roman Beast-Hunts / Chris Epplett --
Spectacular Executions in the Roman World / Chris Epplett --
Greek Sports in Rome / Hugh M. Lee --
Part Three. People, Settings, Ideas --
Amphitheaters in the Roman World / Hazel Dodge --
Venues for Spectacle and Sport (other than Amphitheaters) in the Roman World / Hazel Dodge --
People on the Margins of Roman Spectacle / Rose MacLean --
Religion and Roman Spectacle / John Zaleski --
Ancient Critics of Roman Spectacle and Sport / Kathryn Mammel --
Part Four. Later Roman Spectacle and Sport --
Romanization through Spectacle in the Greek East / Michael Carter --
Spectacle and Sport in Constantinople in the Sixth Century CE / David Alan Parnell.