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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A companion to sport and spectacle in Greek and Roman antiquity / edited by Paul Christesen and Donald G. Kyle.
        pages cm. – (Blackwell companions to the ancient world)
     “A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., publication.”
     Includes bibliographical references and index.
     ISBN 978-1-4443-3952-9 (hardback) – ISBN 978-1-118-60996-5 – ISBN 978-1-118-61004-6 – ISBN 978-1-118-61005-3 (ePUB) – ISBN 978-1-118-61013-8 (Mb) – ISBN 978-1-118-61086-2 (ePDF) 1. Sports–Greece–History. 2. Sports–Rome–History. 3. Sports–Social aspects–Greece–History. 4. Sports–Social aspects–Rome–History. 5. Greece–Social life and customs. 6. Rome–Social life and customs. 7. Greece–Social conditions–To 146 B.C. 8. Rome–Social conditions. I. Christesen, Paul, 1966– II. Kyle, Donald G.
     GV21.C66 2013
     796′.0938–dc23

2013029872

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Cover image: Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 530 BC, attributed to Euphiletos Painter. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1914. (14.130.12). Photo © 2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource/Scala, Florence.
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