Magic in Ancient Greek Sport
According to the myth, Eubatos from Kyrene trusted so much the answer from an oracle, which promised him his victory as a sprinter, that in 408 B.C. he carried at once all alone his statue to Olympia, which was unique in history of ancient sport.
This in itself is not surprising, but Grossschmidt
The production of shows in the cities of the Roman Empire: A study of the Latin epigraphic evidence
There are several hundreds of Latin inscriptions which record the production of games (in the sense of “Shows” or “Spectacles”) outside Rome by local magistrates, priests and private benefactors. This material is the subject of this dissertation
Politics, Society, and Greek Athletics: Views from the Twenty-first Century
In the twenty-first century, anyone interested in the Olympics possesses infinitely more resources: inscriptions, archaeological sites, and vase paintings not known to Mercurialis, Faber, and West, who concerned themselves primarily with compiling the literary evidence.
The ancient Greek origins of sports medicine
The ancient link between medicine and sport is said to be best examplified in Galen (130-201 AD). His writings on the value of exercise and hygiene are often taken to be the first scientific works of this kind.
Sports Spectators from Antiquity to the Renaissance
The Greeks were the first peoples to approach sports not merely as an aspect of cult or a preparation for warfare but as ends in themselves, activities engaged in for intrinsic as well as extrinsic motives.
Olympic renascences: how democratic were the Ancient Olympics?
How much, if any, authority or inspiration for this modern Olympic invention could be drawn from ancient Greek Olympic precedent?
Submission Fighting and the Rules of Ancient Greek Wrestling
The Ancient Greek sports are remarkable in human history and instructive to those interested in promoting athletics due to their recorded longevity of more than a millennium, their high levels of participation amongst the people of the time, and the great degree of enthusiasm clearly demonstrated for these sports through period artwork and through remunerations for victorious athletes.
A Matter of Life and Death: Gladiatorial Games, Sacrificial Ritual and Literary Allusion
Roman gladiatorial games had significance far beyond that of mere spectacle and were more than savage and brutal entertainment for depraved emperors and bloodthirsty crowds
Nero: The Artist, the Athlete and His Downfall
One of the many ways that the old Roman traditions were tarnished by Nero was his dedication to artistic and athletic excellence, and his appearance as a competitor in the games or on the stage.