A brief history of the Olympic games

Introduction

Beginnings and evidence

Athletic events

Combat and equestrian events

Zeus country

Pindar and immortality

Body, mind, and Greek athletics

Questions of profit and social class

The athletes

Women and Greek athletics

Between the Greek and Roman worlds

The later centuries of Olympia

The origin and authenticity of the modern Olympic Games

Appendix A: Chronology and schedule of the athletic circuit

Appendix B: Technical note on discus and long jump

Appendix C: Modern issues : the marathon and torch relay.