CONTENTS

[PREFACE] [9]
[1.][ATHLETICS AND ATHLETIC FESTIVALS][13]
[2.][GYMNASTICS AND MILITARY TRAINING][28]
[3.][PHYSICAL EDUCATION][61]
[4.][HEALTH AND BODILY EXERCISE][83]
[5.][GALEN’S TREATISE ON THE SMALL BALL][108]
[SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY][123]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[THE AGIAS OF LYSIPPUS (Delphi)][Frontispiece]
[THE WRESTLERS (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)][30]
[A WRESTLING CONTEST (Athens)][36]
[THE DISKOBOLOS OF MYRON][40]
[INDOOR SPORTS (Athens)][76]
[THE VICTORY OF PAIONIOS (Olympia)][104]
[THE THROW-IN AT THE SMALL BALL GAME (Athens)][110]
[A HOCKEY MATCH (Statue base discovered at Athens, 1922)][116]

PREFACE