CONTENTS
Introduction - David J. Phillips and David Pritchard
PART I: OLYMPIA AND THE OLYMPICS
1. The organization and functioning of the Olympic Games - Stephen
Miller
2. The German excavations at Olympia: An introduction - Helmut
Kyrieleis Translated by Suzanne Binder
3. Elis and Olympia: City, sanctuary and politics - Nigel B.
Crowther
PART II: ATHLETIC POETRY AND OLYMPIC MYTHOLOGY
4. Victory statue, victory song: Pindar's agonistic poetics and
its legacy - Patrick O'Sullivan
5. Olympia and the chariot-race of Pelops - John Davidson
PART III: THE ORIGINS OF ATHLETIC AND CHORAL COMPETITIONS
6. Homer, funeral contests and the origins of the Greek city - Ben
Brown
7. The politics of dance: Dithyrambic contest and social order in
ancient Greece - Peter Wilson
PART IV: ATHENS AND ITS FESTIVALS
8. Athenian political history: A Panathenaic perspective - David
J. Phillips
9. The Parthenon frieze as an idealized, contemporary Panathenaic
festival - Tom Stevenson
10. The curious matter of the Lenaia festival of 422 BC - Ian
C. Storey
PART V: ATHLETICS, EDUCATION AND PHILOSOPHY
11. Athletics, education and participation in classical Athens -
David Pritchard
12. Athletics, competition and the intellectual - Harold Tarrant
PART VI: CURATING THE ANCIENT OLYMPICS
13. '1000 Years of the Olympic Games: Treasures of Ancient Greece':
The Powerhouse Museum exhibition - Paul Donnelly and Kevin Fewster
14. VROOM (Virtual Reconstruction Of Olympia Model): The creation
of a virtual tour from a digital model - Kate da Costa, Sarah
Kenderdine, Cliff Ogleby, John Ristevski
15. '1000 Years of the Olympic Games: Treasures of Ancient Greece':
A study of audiences and impact - Carol Scott
Index and Glossary
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