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Required Texts for CLAS/HIST 240 Ancient
Societies:
SPORT and RECREATION in the Ancient World
1st Semester
2004-2005
Department of Classics,
Monmouth
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See EXTRA
CREDIT OFFER at end of page.
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 Bowra,
C. M. The Odes of Pindar.
New
York: Penguin
1982
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 Mahoney,
Anne. Roman Sports and Spectacles
Newburyport, MA: Focus
2001 |
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 Miller,
Stephen G. Arete.
Berkeley:
University of California Press
3rd ed., expanded, 2004
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 Perrottet,
Tony. The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Olympics.
New York: Random House
2004
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 Swaddling,
Judith. The Ancient Olympic Games.
Austin: The University of
Texas Press
2nd. ed., 1999
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Tyrrell,
William Blake. The Smell of Sweat. Greek Athletics and Greek
Culture.
Wauconda, Ill.: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
2003
For more information about this book, click here.
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| Standing offer for extra credit: If
you submit a 250-word review of one of these books to www.barnesandnoble.com or
www.amazon.com and send the link to the instructor, you will get extra credit in
this course. This offer expires on Nov. 30, 2004. |
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| This material has been published on the web by Prof. Tom Sienkewicz for his
students at Monmouth College. If you have any
questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu. |
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