01360nam a22001337a 4500008004100000020001500041050001300056100002300069245004500092260005800137300002800195500002000223505098300243180416b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a086516553X  aGV21.T97  aTYRRELL, WM. Blake  aThe smell of sweat. /cWM. Blake Tyrrell  aWauconda:bBolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc.,c2004.  axv, 264p.:bill.;c23cm  aIncludes index.  aContents: Introduction: The myth of amateurism -- The warrioir and the funeral games in Iliad: The arete of the warrior -- The hoplite race -- The funeral games for patroclus -- Alkinoos' contests for odysseus -- Early olympia: Geographical setting -- Religious setting -- Setting worth fighting for -- Mythic setting -- Setting for Lacedaemonians -- Setting for growth -- The panhellenic cycle of athletic festivals and their poet: Olympic games: The first event -- Pythian games: Horse racing -- Isthmian games -- Nemean games -- Pindar's epinician odes -- The heavy event: Wrestling -- Boxing -- Pankration -- Athletics in Athens: Panathenaic games -- The gymnasion and its culture -- The critics -- Olympic festival: The sanctuary during the classical period -- The games: Making ready -- The five days of competition -- Pentathlon -- Discus -- Jump -- Javelin -- The sequence of events in pentathon -- Determining the winner of pentathlon -- Glorious day, day of glory.