Athletics in the Ancient World by E. Norman Gardiner
2002 | ISBN: 0486424863 | English | 352 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
2002 | ISBN: 0486424863 | English | 352 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
This comprehensive text focuses mostly on athletics in classical Greece and Rome, emphasizing the relationship between athletics and religion, art, and education. Also discussed are such events as throwing the discus and javelin, the pentathlon, the stadium and the foot-race, jumping, wrestling, boxing, ball play, and a Greek athletic festival. 137 black-and-white illustrations.