Contents
2 The Development of the Field
3 The Aims and Design of This Companion
4 Organizational Structure: Sections, Parts, and Chapters
CHAPTER 1 : Greek Athletic Competitions
2 From Funeral Games to Athletic Festivals
3 The Historical Ancient Olympics
4 The Olympic Program of Contests
7 More Panhellenic Crown Games
CHAPTER 2 : Sport in the Aegean Bronze Age
2 Prepalatial Crete (c.3100–c.1950 BCE, Early Minoan I–Middle Minoan IA)
3 Protopalatial Crete (c.1950–c.1750 BCE, Middle Minoan IB–IIB)
4 Neopalatial Crete (c.1750–c.1450 BCE, Middle Minoan IIIA–Late Minoan IB)
5 Monopalatial Crete (c.1450–c.1375 BCE, Late Minoan II–IIIA1)
6 The Palatial Greek Mainland (c.1425–c.1190 BCE, Late Helladic IIIA1–IIIB2)
7 The Postpalatial Aegean (c.1190–c.1020 BCE)
CHAPTER 3 : Sport in the Early Iron Age and Homeric Epic
2 Sport in the Material Culture of the Early Iron Age
CHAPTER 4 : Representations of Sport in Greek Literature
CHAPTER 6 : Inscriptions as Evidence for Greek Sport
2 The Gymnasion in Hellenistic and Roman Poleis
5 Athletes: Social Status and Values
CHAPTER 7 : Recent Trends in the Study of Greek Sport
2 The Origins and Rise of Greek Sport: Agonism and Ethnicity
6 Sport, Classes, and Social Change
7 The Culture of Greek Sport: Religion, Education, and Ideology
8 Macedonia and Hellenistic Greek Sport
10 Our Sources: Literary and Material Evidence
CHAPTER 8 : Panhellenic Athletics at Olympia
2 Olympia as a “Panhellenic” Sanctuary
3 Olympia as an Extra-Urban Sanctuary of Elis
4 Tensions Arising from the Double Nature of Olympia
CHAPTER 9 : Sport and Society in Sparta
2 Spartan Sport in the Classical Period
3 Sport and Society in Sparta in the Classical Period: Introduction
4 Sport and Society in Sparta in the Classical Period: Socialization and Coercion
5 Sport and Society in Sparta in the Classical Period: Consensus
CHAPTER 10 : Sport, Society, and Politics in Athens
2 Sport in Archaic Athens: Precursors and the Great Panathenaia
4 Athenian Sociopolitical Sport History
CHAPTER 11 : Athletic Festivals in the Northern Peloponnese and Central Greece
5 The Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt Lykaion in Arcadia
6 Conclusion: A Question of Priority
CHAPTER 12 : Sport and Society in the Greek West
2 Sport in the Greek West: Croton
3 Sport in the Greek West: Taras
4 Gela, Syracuse, and Akragas: The Deinomenids and Emmenids
PART III : People, Settings, Ideas
CHAPTER 13 : Sport and Democratization in Ancient Greece (with an Excursus on Athletic Nudity)
4 Sport as a Model of and for Egalitarian Relationships
5 Sport as an Arena of Meritocratic Status Competition
6 Sport as a Source of Social Capital
8 Athletic Nudity and Democratization
CHAPTER 14 : Growing Up with Greek Sport
CHAPTER 15 : Eros and Greek Sport
4 Three Questions about the Connection between Paederastia and Sport
CHAPTER 16 : Greek Female Sport
2 The Ancient Evidence: Problems and Perspectives
3 Early Greece: Precursors, Epic, and Myth
4 Spartan Female Physical Education
5 Athenian Girls’ Races or Rites
9 Hellenistic Females and Competition
10 Female Athletics in the Roman Empire
11 Conclusion: From Rites to Athletics
CHAPTER 17 : People on the Fringes of Greek Sport
3 Jockeys, Drivers, Coaches, Trainers, and Musicians
CHAPTER 18 : The Greek Stadium as a Reflection of a Changing Society
2 The Form of the Greek Stadium
3 The Introduction of the Hysplex
5 Formal Seating for Spectators
CHAPTER 19 : The Social Life of Greek Athletic Facilities (other than Stadia)
1 Introduction: Casting the Net Wide
4 Spaces and Structures for Hosting Athletic Competitions
5 The Meaning and Use of Spatial Indeterminacy
CHAPTER 20 : The Role of Religion in Greek Sport
2 Religion and the Origins of Greek Sport
3 Religiosity and Ritual in Festival Games
4 The Religious Status of Victorious Athletes
CHAPTER 21 : Ancient Critics of Greek Sport
2 Arete and Rewards: Critics of Sport in Archaic Greece
3 Sport, Politics, and Conflict
4 Critiques of Greek Sport in the Age of Empires
CHAPTER 22 : Sport, Spectacle, and Society in Ancient Macedonia
3 Macedonians and Sport Outside the Kingdom
PART IV : Later Greek Sport and Spectacle
CHAPTER 23 : Greek Sport in Egypt
2 Sport in the Early Ptolemaic Kingdom
3 Sport in Egypt in the Later Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods
4 Changes in Administration and Sport in Egypt in the Third Century CE
CHAPTER 24 : Sport in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor
2 The Growth of the “Agonistic Market”
3 Sports Culture in Greek Cities of Asia Minor
CHAPTER 25 : Overview of Roman Spectacle
2 Early Depictions of Etruscan Sport
6 The Social Contexts of Etruscan Sport
7 The Physical Contexts of Etruscan Sport
2 Genres and Roman Attitudes toward Entertainments
CHAPTER 28 : Representations of Spectacle and Sport in Roman Art
8 Public Contexts: Amphitheaters and Baths
9 Between Public and Private: Tombs
CHAPTER 29 : Material Evidence for Roman Spectacle and Sport
2 Objects Used by Participants in and Observers of Roman Sport and Spectacle
CHAPTER 30 : Trends in the Study of Roman Spectacle and Sport
2 Sport and Spectacle as Entertainment
3 Sport and Spectacle as a Political and Moral Arena
PART II : Spectacles and Sport in Rome
CHAPTER 31 : Gladiatorial Combat as Alluring Spectacle
CHAPTER 32 : Women with Swords
4 The Phenomenon of Female Gladiators
CHAPTER 33 : Roman Chariot Racing
CHAPTER 34 : Roman Beast Hunts
2 Origins and Development of the Beast Hunts in Republican Rome
3 Animal Spectacles under the Empire
4 The Infrastructure of Roman Animal Spectacles
6 The End of Animal Spectacula
CHAPTER 35 : Spectacular Executions in the Roman World
5 Spectacular Executions in the Later Empire
CHAPTER 36 : Greek Sports in Rome
3 Venues in Rome for Greek Sports
4 A Clubhouse for the Guild of Athletes
5 Greek Sports as Exercise in Rome
PART III : People, Settings, Ideas
CHAPTER 37 : Amphitheaters in the Roman World
2 Origins of Amphitheaters and Their Early Development at Rome
5 The Colosseum and Amphitheaters in Imperial Italy
6 Amphitheaters in the Western Empire
7 Amphitheaters in the Eastern Empire
CHAPTER 38 : Venues for Spectacle and Sport (other than Amphitheaters) in the Roman World
6 Conclusion: Spectacle and Structures
CHAPTER 39 : People on the Margins of Roman Spectacle
CHAPTER 40 : Religion and Roman Spectacle
2 Theories and Critique of Secularization
CHAPTER 41 : Ancient Critics of Roman Spectacle and Sport
2 Roman Objections to Roman-Style Spectacles: Opposition from the Literary Elite and the Stoics
4 Jewish Objections to Sport and Spectacle in the Roman World
5 Christian Objections to Sport and Spectacle in the Roman World
PART IV : Later Roman Spectacle and Sport
CHAPTER 42 : Romanization through Spectacle in the Greek East
1 Introduction: Roman(izing?) Spectacles
CHAPTER 43 : Spectacle and Sport in Constantinople in the Sixth Century CE