An Athletics Compendium

Greek <& Roman Athletics 19-29 break from 776 BCto 261 AD at Olympbiua,t also in provoking the reader indtroawing modern parallels and contrasts. The wporrokvides awealth ofdetail about the Games, includinthge participationof juniors and women, the role of trainers, thdeevelopment of the programme, and the relationship of the Games to politics. 19 The ancient Olympic Games / Judith Swaddling. London: Published fothre Trustees of the British Museum by British MuseumPublications, 1980. 80p; illus, maps; pbk ISBN: 0-7141-2002-2 BL: X.800/40319 An eminently readable account of the origins and history of the Gamepsractised at Olympia, profusely illustrated with line-drawings, maps and photographs. ^ Subsequent ed. A32 20 The Olympic Games / Michael Grant; illustrated by John Fraser. Harmondsworth: Kestrel, 1980. 32p; illus, 1map ISBN: 0-7226-5553-3 BL: X.622/7234 The illustrations araen outstanding feature otfhis work aimed at thyeoung reader. 21 Sports and games in the ancient wo/rldVera Olivova; translated by D. Orpington; foreworbdy W. G. Forrest. London: Orbis, 1984. 207p; illus; index Bihliosraphy: p199-203; translated fromthe Czech ISBN: 0-85613-273-X BL: X.622/21763 The author explores the origins of what has become in modern terminology 'sporat'n, d cites someveidence of athletic activity, particulariy running, in the earliest civilisations (NearEast andEgypt) of which records exist. Subsequent developments in Greece andin the Roman Empire are described. 22 Sport and recreation in Ancient Greece: a sourcebook with translations / Waldo ES.weet; foreword by Erich Segal. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. xiv, 281p; illus, maps; index ISBN: 0-19-504126-7 (cased)• 0-19-504127-5 (pbk) BL:YK.1988.b.4862 The first eight chapteorfsfer detailed descriptions of Greek athletics with accompanying questions for students. Each chapter ends with a list of further readings. Ofparticular interest is the discussionof the various theoriewshich have been put forwardfor deciding the winner of pentathlon contests. Also includes some fascinating references to walking. 23 Athletes and oracles: the transformation Oloyfmpia and Delphi in the eighth century /BCCatherine Morgan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 250p; illus, maps; index ISBN: 0-521-37451-0 BL:W.P.I 1639/46 A prehistory of the Olympic Games which extends Gardiner's Athletics thoef Ancient World. 24 Arete: Greek sports from ancient sources / edited by Stephen G. Miller. 2nd anedxpanded ed. Oxford: University of California Press, 1991. xiii, 227p; illus; index Previoused.: Chicago:Ares, 1979; bibliography:p205 ISBN: 0-520-07508-0 (cased) • 0-520-07509-9(pbk) BL: YC.199La.5239 Many topics relating to track and field events are covered, illustrated by short extracts froomriginal texts, such fraosm Philostratus and Aristotle on the pentathlon (circa 360 BC). The appendix sets out he Olympic and Pythian programmes. 25 Greek andRoman sport: a dictionaryof athletes and events fromthe eighth centuryBC to the third century AD / DavidMatz. London: McFarland, 1991. v, 169p; index ISBN: 0-89950-558-9 BL:YC.199La.2627 The athletes listiendclude charioteers and wrestlers, but also a number roufnners, jumpers and throwers. 26 Greek athlete / FioMnaacdonald. London: Macmillan, 1992. 31p; illus; index ISBN: 0-333-56383-2 (cased)• 0-330-32482-9 (pbk) BL: YK.1994.b.4207 For children. 27 Ancient Olympics / Richard Tames. Oxford: Heinemann, 1996. 32p; illus, 1 map; index ISBN: 0-431-05943-8 BL:YK.1996.b. 13859 For children. 28 The original Olympics / Stewart Ross. Hove: Wayland, 1996. 48p; illus, 1 map; index ISBN: 0-7502-1566-6 BL:YK.1996.b. 10704 For children. 29 Sport and society in ancient Gree/ceMark Golden. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xiii, 216p; illus; index (Key themes inancient history) ISBN: 0-521-49698-5 (cased)• 0-521-49790-6 (pbk) BL: YC.1998.b.4820 w