Required Texts for CLAS/HIST 240 Ancient Societies:
SPORT and RECREATION in the Ancient World
1st Semester 2008-2009
Department of Classics,
Monmouth College

 
Sport In Ancient Times

 

Nigel B. Crowther. Sport in Ancient Times. 2007. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-3995-1

 
 

The Victor's Crown: A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to Byzantium

 

David Potter. The Victor's Crown. A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to Byzantium. 2012. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-984273-5
Pindar's Victory Songs by Pindar: Book CoverFrank Nisetich (trans.), Pindar's Victory Songs
1980 The Johns Hopkins University Press.

978-0-8018-2356-5
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