Selected Bibliography

Prehistory and Antiquity | Revival

Prehistory and Antiquity

Non-Greek Bibliography

Baltrusch, E., "Politik, Kommerz, Doping: Zum Sport in der Antike", Gymnasium 104 (1997), 509-521.
Bell, D.J., A study of the Keles event in Ancient Greece from the pre-classical period to the 1st century B.C., Edinburgh 1989.
Bentz, M., "Sport in der klassischen Polis", in Die griechische Klassik. Idee oder Wirklichkeit. Eine Ausstellung im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 1. Maerz - 2. Juni 2002 und in der Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik, Bonn, 5. Juli - 6. Oktober 2002, Berlin/Mainz am Rhein 2002, 247-259.
Bury, E., Sport in der Antike, Stuttgart 1983.
Cagniart, P., "Seneca's attitude towards sport and athletics", The Ancient History bulletin 14, Chicago 2000, 162-170.
Coulson, W., Kyrieleis, H. (eds.), Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Olympic Games, 5-9/09/1988, Athens 1992.
Crotty, K.M., Song and action. The victory odes of Pindar, Baltimore 1982.
Decker, W., "Sport und Fest im Alten Aegypten", in Ulf, C. (ed.), Ideologie - Sport - Aussenseiter. Aktuelle Aspekte einer Beschaeftigung mit der antiken Gesellschaft, Innsbruck 2000, 111-145.
Decker, W., "Review of Spectacles sportifs et sceniques dans le monde etrusco-italique", Gnomon 71 (1999), Fasc. 6, 498-502.
Decker, W., Sport in der griechischen Antike. Vom minoischen Wettkampf bis zu den Olympischen Spielen, Muenchen 1995.
Dillon, M., "Did parthenoi attend the Olympic games? Girls and women competing, spectating, and carrying out cult roles at Greek religious festivals", Hermes 128 (2000), 457-480.
Doblhofer, G., Mauritsch, P., Boxen. Texte, Uebersetzungen, Kommentar, Wien/Koeln/Weimar 1995.
Drees, L., Der Ursprung der Olympischen Spiele, Stuttgart 1962.
Eller, K.H., Certamina. Poetische Sportreportagen aus d. antiken Epos, Frankfurt am Main/Muenchen 1981.
Farrington, A., "Olympic victors and the popularity of the Olympic games in the Imperial period", Tyche 12 (1997), 15-46.
Fears, J.R., "The Theology of Victory at Rome: Approaches and Problems", in Temporini, H., Haase, W. (eds.), ANRW, Teil II: Principat. Siebzehnter Band (2. Teilband), Religion [Heidentum: Roemische Goetterkulte, Orientalische Kulte in der roemischen Welt (Forts.)], Berlin/New York 1981.
Fortuin, R.W., Der Sport im augusteischen Rom. Philologische und sporthistorische Untersuchungen, Stuttgart 1996.
Golden, M., Sport and Society in Ancient Greece, Cambridge 1998.
Grodde, O., Sport bei Quintilian, Hildesheim 1997.
Harris, H.A., Greek Athletes and Athletics, London 1971.
Herrmann, K., "Olympia. The Sanctuary and the Contests", in Mind and Body. Athletic Contests in Ancient Greece, Ministry of Culture, The National Hellenic Committee I.C.O.M., Athens 1989, 47-68.
Hornblower, S., "Thucydides, Xenophon, and Lichas: were the Spartans excluded from the Olympic games from 420 to 400 BC?", Phoenix 54 (2000), 212-225.
Hubbard, T.K., "On Implied Wishes for Olympic Victory in Pindar", Illinois Classical Studies 20 (1995), 35-56.
Junkelmann, M., "Griechische Athleten in Rom. Boxen, Ringen und Pankration", in Koehne, E., Ewigleben, C. (eds.), Caesaren und Gladiatoren. Die Macht der Unterhaltung im antiken Rom, Mainz/Hamburg 2000, 81-90.
Larmour, D.H.J., Stage and stadium. Drama and athletics in ancient Greece, Chicago 1999.
Lefkowitz, M.R., The victory ode, Park Ridge, NJ 1976.
Mallwitz, A., Olympia und seine Bauten, Muenchen 1972.
Mann, C., Krieg, Sport und Adelskultur. Zur Entstehung des griechischen Gymnasions, Klio 80 (1998), Fasc. 1, 7-21.
Mannsperger, D., Olympischer Wettkampf. Sportdarstellungen auf antiken Muenzen und Medaillen, Tuebingen 1984.
Maroti, E., Bibliographie zum antiken Sport und Agonistik, Szeged 1980.
Matz, D.S., Greek and Roman Sport: a Dictionary of Athletes and Events from the Eighth Century B.C. to the Third Century A.D., London 1991.
Meischner, J., Bildtradition antiker Wettkampfrequisiten, Jahrbuch des deutschen archaeologischen Instituts 110 (1995), 447-466.
Miller, S., Ancient Greek Athletics, New Haven /London 2004.
Miller, S., Organisation et fonctionnement des jeux Olympiques in Olympie, Cycle de huit conferences organise au musee du Louvre par le Service culturel du 18 janvier au 15 mars 1999, sous la direction scientifique d' Alain Pasquier, Paris 2001.
Miller, S., Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources, Berkeley 1991.
Nijf, O. van, "Local heroes: athletics, festivals and elite self-fashioning in the Roman East", in Goldhill, S. (ed.), Being Greek under Rome. Cultural Identity, the Second Sophistic and the Development of Empire, Cambridge 2001, 306-334.
Nijf, O. van, "Athletics, festivals and Greek identity in the Roman east", in Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society 45 (1999), 176-200.
Patrucco, R., Lo sport nella Grecia antica, Firenze 1972.
Petermandl, W., "Der verlachte Athlet. Ueberlegungen zu Sport und Humor im Altertum", in Ulf, C. (ed.), Ideologie - Sport - Aussenseiter. Aktuelle Aspekte einer Beschaeftigung mit der antiken Gesellschaft, Innsbruck 2000, 185-200.
Pleket, H.W., Sport and Ideology in the Graeco-Roman World, Klio 80 (1998), Fasc. 2, 315-324.
Poliakoff, M.B., "Competition", in Papenfuss, D., Strocka, V.M. (eds.), Gab es das Griechische Wunder? Griechenland zwischen dem Ende des 6. und der Mitte des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Tagungsbeitraege des 16. Fachsymposiums der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung veranstaltet vom 5. bis 9. April 1999, Freiburg-im-Breisgau/Mainz 2001, 51-64.
Poliakoff, M.B., Studies in the terminology of the Greek combat sports, Frankfurt-am-Main 1986.
Raschke, J. (ed.), The Archaeology of the Olympics. The Olympics and other Festivals in Antiquity, Winsconsin 1988.
Reilly, J., "Naked and limbless: learning about the feminine body in ancient Athens", in Koloski-Ostrow, A.O., Lyons, C.L. (eds.), Naked truths. Women, sexuality, and gender in classical art and archaeology, London/New York 1997.
Roller, L.E., Funeral games in Greek literature, art and life, Ann Arbor 1977.
Rollinger, R., "Schwimmen und Nichtschwimmen im Alten Orient", in Ulf, C. (ed.), Ideologie - Sport - Aussenseiter. Aktuelle Aspekte einer Beschaeftigung mit der antiken Gesellschaft, Innsbruck 2000, 147-165.
Romano, D.G., The Ancient Olympics: Athletes, Games and Heroes. Video Lecture: Institute of Mediterranean Studies Video Lecture Series, Vol. II, Philadelphia 1996.
Romano, D.G., "Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth. The Origins of the Greek Stadion", CR 45 (1995), Fasc. 2, 372-373.
Ryder, T.T.B., Koine Eirene. General peace and local independence in ancient Greece, London 1965.
Scanlon, T.F., Eros and Greek athletics, Oxford 2002.
Scanlon, T.F., Greek and Roman athletics. A bibliography with intro, commentary and index, Chicago 1984.
Schmidt, D., "An unusual victory list from Keos: IG XII, 5, 608 and the dating of Bakchylides", JHS 119 (1999), 67-85.
Scott, M.E., The victory of the ancients. Tactics, technology, and the use of classical precedent, Ann Arbor 1992.
Specht, E., "Sport im alten Griechenland", in Specht, E. (ed.), Alltaegliches Altertum, Frankfurt am Main/Berlin/Bern/New York/Paris/Wien 1998, 75-91.
Steiner, D.T., "Moving Images: Fifth-Century Victory Monuments and the Athlete's Allure", CA 17 (1998), Fasc. 1, 123-153.
Stewart, A., Art, desire, and the body in ancient Greece, Cambridge 1997.
Swaddling, J., The Ancient Olympic Games2, London 1999.
Thompson, J.G., Sport, athletics, and gymnastics in ancient Greece, Michigan 1985.
Thuillier, J.-P., "Le corps du sportif romain", in Corps romains. Textes reunis par Philippe Moreau, Grenoble 2002, 251-266.
Thuillier, J.-P., Sport im antiken Rom, Darmstadt 1999.
Thuillier, J.-P., "Le cirrus et la barbe. Questions d'iconographie athletique romaine", in Melanges d'Archeologie et d'Histoire de l'Ecole francaise de Rome 110 (1998), 351-382.
Touny A.D. - Wenig, S., Sport in Ancient Egypt, Leipzig/Amsterdam 1970.
Valavanis, P., Hysplex. The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia. A Contribution to Ancient Greek Technology (University of California Publications: Classical Studies 36, translated from the Greek with an Appendix by S. Miller), Berkeley/Los Angeles/London 1999.
Villard, P., "Le regime des athletes: vivre avec une sante excessive", in Corvisier, J.-N., Didier, C., Valdher, M. (eds.), Therapies, Medecine et Demographie Antiques, Arras Cedex 2001, 157-170.
Visa-Ondarcuhi, V., L' Image de l' athlete d' Homere a la fin du Ve siecle avant J.-C., in Collection d' etudes anciennes, serie grecque 126, Paris 1999.
Weeber, K.-W., Die unheiligen Spiele. Das antike Olympia zwischen Legende und Wirklichkeit (1991), CR 42 (1992), Fasc. 2, 390-392.
Weiler, I., "Der antike Sport. Angebote zur Vermittlung", in Erdmann, E., Kloft, H. (eds.), Mensch - Natur - Technik. Perspektiven aus der Antike fuer das dritte Jahrtausend, Muenster 2002, 275-323.
Weiler, I., "Zur Rezeption des griechischen Sports im Nationalsozialismus: Kontinuitaet oder Diskontinuitaet in der deutschen Ideengeschichte?", in Naef, B. (ed.), Antike und Altertumswissenschaft in der Zeit von Faschismus und Nationalsozialismus, Kolloquium Universitaet Zuerich, 14.-17. Oktober 1998, Mandelbachtal/Cambridge 2001, 267-284.
Weiler, I., "Sport und Sportkritik in der Spaetantike: Kaiser Julian als kynischer Aussenseiter?", in Ulf, C. (ed.), Ideologie - Sport - Aussenseiter, Aktuelle Aspekte einer Beschaeftigung mit der antiken Gesellschaft, Innsbruck 2000, 167-184.
Willcock, M.M., "Pindar, Victory Odes: Olympians 2, 7 and 11; Nemean 4; Isthmians 3, 4 and 7", CR 46 (1996), Fasc. 2, 216-219.
Wyke, M. (ed.), Gender and the Body in the Ancient Mediterranean, Oxford 1998.
Yalouris, N., Olympia, Muenchen 1972.
Younger, J.G., "Bronze Age Representations of Aegean bull-leaping", AJA 80 (1976), 125-137.

Greek Bibliography

Γιαλούρης, Ν. (επιμ.), Οι Ολυμπιακοί αγώνες στην Αρχαία Ελλάδα, Αθήνα 1982.
Παπαχατζής, Ν., Παυσανίου Ελλάδος Περιήγησις, Βιβλία 5 και 6: Ηλιακά, Αθήνα 1979.
Σπαθάρη, Έ., Το Ολυμπιακό Πνεύμα, Αθήνα 1992.

Revival

Non-Greek Bibliography

Coubertin, P., Olympism. Selected Writings, IOC, Lausanne 2000.
Glader, E.A., Amateurism and Athletics, USA 1978. Olympism Through Posters, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne 1983.
Pouret, H., "Symbolism of the Olympic Flame", International Olympic Academy Report 1968, 139-141.
Renson, R., Laummer, M., Riordan J. et al. (eds.), The Olympic Games Through the Ages: Greek Antiquity and its Impact on Modern Sport, Athens 1991.
Silance, L., Symbolism in Olympism, Symbolism in Art, Olympic Academy Report 1986, 116-129.
Tselika, V., Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες, 1896. Το φωτογραφικό λεύκωμα του Albert Mayer, Αθήνα 1996.
Young, D.C., The Origins of Modern Olympics: A New Version, International Journal of the History of Sports, 3 (1987), 271-300.


Greek Bibliography

Αργυρός, Α., Οι πρώτοι εν Αθήναις διεθνείς Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες του 1896, Αθήναι 1896.
Arnold, P., Οι Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες. Αθήνα 1896-Σεούλ 1988, Αθήνα 1988.
Beck, C. (ed.), Οι Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες, 776 π.Χ.-1896, Αθήναι 1896.
Γαβριηλίδης, Β., Η Ελλάς κατά τους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνας του 1896: πανελλήνιον εικονογραφημένον λεύκωμα, Αθήναι 1896.
Γκάγκαλης, Καζής, Ιωαννίδης, Περιγραφή των εν Αθήναις πρώτων Διεθνών Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων, Αθήναι 1896.
Δολιανίτης, Γ., Δημήτριος Βικέλας. Η προσφορά του στην αναβίωση των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων, Αθήνα 1994.
Ζάππας, Ε., Μέγα Βιογραφικό Λεξικό
Η δόξα του αθλητισμού. Η ιστορία του ελληνικού αθλητισμού και οι διεθνείς του επιτυχίες, Δήμος Αθηναίων - Πολιτισμικός Οργανισμός, Αθήνα 2000.
Μανιτάκης, Π., 100 χρόνια Νεοελληνικού Αθλητισμού, 1830-1930, Athens χ.χ.
Παγών, Γ., Περίληψις της Γυμναστικής, Αθήναι 1837.
Παυλίνης, Ε., Ιστορία της Γυμναστικής, Αθήναι 1953.
Σβολόπουλος, Χ., Γδοντέλλης, Α. (εκδ.), Λεύκωμα Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων. 776 π.Χ. - 1896-1980, Αθήνα 1980.
Σκιαδάς, Ε., 100 χρόνια νεώτερη ελληνική ολυμπιακή ιστορία. Επιτροπή Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων 1896-1996, Αθήνα 1996.
Συμεωνίδης, Α., Σπύρος Λούης: Η αληθινή του ιστορία, Αθήνα 1985.
Ταρασουλέας, Α., Ολυμπιάδες στην Αθήνα (1896, 1906), Αθήνα 1988.
Χρυσάφης, Ι., Οι σύγχρονοι Διεθνείς Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες, Αθήναι 1930.

 

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