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Greek and Roman sport : a dictionary of athletes and events from the eighth century B.C. to the third century A.D.

Title: Greek and Roman sport : a dictionary of athletes and events from the eighth century B.C. to the third century A.D. / by David Matz.
Author: Matz, David.
Publication: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©1991.

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Description

v, 169 pages; 23 cm

Subject

Genre/Form

Dictionary
Biography
dictionaries.
Dictionaries.
Biographies.
Encyclopedias (form)
Dictionnaires.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-150) and index.

Contents

A brief history of Greek and Roman sport -- Sources -- The dictionary -- Special essays: The strange case of Melissus of Thebes ; The noteworthy career of the gladiator Hermes ; Athletic dilettantes, both Greek and Roman ; A fifth century A.D. Binarum chariot race ; Dio Chrysostom's eulogy for the boxer Melancomas ; Drawing conclusions about gladatorial combat from the biographical information ; How long was Diocles' career? -- Lists of athletes and horses: Eusebius' list of Stade race winners ; Athletes for whom Pindar wrote Epinicean odes ; Athletes cited in books 5 and 6 of Pausanias ; The Lycaean victor list (Syll3 314) ; Three lists from Oropus ; The Samian victor list (Syll3 1061) ; Roman chariot race horses ; Gladitorial lists from Pompeii ; The Chelidorius list ; Gladatorial familiae: Venusian inscriptions ; List of gladiators (CIL 6.631).

ISBN

0899505589
9780899505589

LCCN

90053509

OCLC

ocm22543169
22543169
SCSB-1970713

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library