Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals

by E. Norman Gardiner

N.B.—The following section lays no claim to completeness. The references are as a rule too scattered and fragmentary to be included in a bibliography. Much information will be found in all histories and handbooks of athletic art.

Coins (for equestrian types)

Hill, G. F. Historical Greek Coins. London, 1906.

Evans, A. The Horsemen of Tarentum. London, 1889.

Mosaics

Lucas, Hans. Athleten-Typen. Jahrb. xix., 1904, pp. 127-136.

Secchi, P. Musaico antoniniano.

Sculpture

Furtwängler, A. Die Bedeutung der Gymnastik in der griechischen Kunst. Leipsic, 1905.

Gardner, P. The Apoxyomenos of Lysippus. J.H.S. xxv. p. 234.