Powerpoints and pdf files for CLAS/HIST240
Sport and Recreation
Fall, 2008

Why Sport?
Arete
World of Greek Athletics
Modern Mythmakers
Revival of the Ancient Games
Amateurism and Professionalism
Gladiators: Intro
Theory and Origin of Sport
Mayan Ballgame
Traditional Sports in Human Culture
Homeric Sports
Panathenaic Festival
Sultan on the Elgin Marbles

Olympia
History of Ancient Olympia
Walking Tour of Olympia
The Temple of Zeus at Olympia

Running
Pentathlon
Combat Sports
Equestrian Events

Women in Greek Athletics
Origin of Nudity in Greek Athletics

Roman Sport
Circus and Amphitheatre
Obelisks of Rome
Christians and Roman Sports
Gladiators' Private Lives
Women Gladiators?
Gladiatrix (Discover)
Prof. Tuck: Death in the Arena (Discover Magazine)
Female Gladiators in the Ancient Roman World

Syllabus

ACL 2009 Powerpoint / Handout