From the eighth century BCE to the late third century CE, Greeks trained in sport and competed in periodic contests that generated enormous popular interest. As

Sport and Society in Ancient Greece provides a concise and readable introduction to ancient Greek sport. It covers such topics as the links between sport, relig

Ancient Greece was the model that guided the emergence of many facets of the modern sports movement, including most notably the Olympics. Yet the process whereb

This book explores the relationship between sport and democratization. Drawing on sociological and historical methodologies, it provides a framework for underst

This is the first general monograph on ancient Greek dress in English to be published in more than a century. By applying modern dress theory to the ancient evi