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020			_a086516553X
050			_aGV21.T97
100			_aTYRRELL, WM. Blake
245			_aThe smell of sweat. / _cWM. Blake Tyrrell
260			_aWauconda: _bBolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc., _c2004.
300			_axv, 264p.: _bill.; _c23cm
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_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.
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