Volume
27, Number 2
Summer 1985
Special Issue: Exploring 5000 Years of Athletics
Cover: Photo by Fred Schoch. Two Greek vases showing ancient athletic competitions. Left: Black-figure amphora depicting a boxing match (MS 403), late 6th century BC, H. 29.5 cm, D. 17 cm. Right: Red-figure kylix with wrestling scene (MS 2444). 500-475 BC, H. 9.3 cm, D. 23.5 cm.
Features "Trials
of Strength"--Athletics in Mesopotamia Boycotts,
Bribes and Fines--The Ancient Olympic Games Etruscan
Athletics--Glimpses of an Elusive Civilization Roman
Athletics--Classical Antecedents to the National Mania "To
Play Properly with a Glass Ball"--An Unusual Object in The
University Museum The
Rubber Ball Game--A Universal Mesoamerican Sport Lacrosse--Political
Organization in North America as Reflected in Athletic Competition The
History of Sporting America--Philadelphia Pastimes |
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