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COURSE HANDOUTS AND STUDY
GUIDES
CLAS/HIST240 Ancient Societies: Sport and
Recreation
Monmouth College, Monmouth,
Illinois
Instructor: Thomas J. Sienkewicz (toms@monm.edu), Monmouth,
Illinois
Chronology
/
Timeline of Roman History /
Greek Pantheon
/ The Major Gods
/ Greek Gods and Sports
Vocabulary
of Sport /
Greek Athletic Vocabulary
Philosophy of Sport /
Philosophies of Sport /
Resource Guide in Philosophy of Sport
/
Monmouth College Statement of Athletic Philosophy /
Riefenstahl's Olympia (video) /
Riefenstahl's Olympia /
Leni Riefenstahl's "Olympia": Brilliant Cinematography or Nazi Propaganda?
Konrad Lorenz:
Triumph Ceremony of the Greylag Goose /
Measuring Behavior
Meynall:
Ethology and
Ethics
The Olympic Games / Athens 2004 /
Paralympics /
IOC Website /
Olympic Anecdotes /
Interesting Olympic Facts
Olympic Values Athens 2004 /
Paul Shorey /
Avery Brundage
Olympics
Through Time /
Athletic
Events in Prehistory /
Revival
of the Ancient Olympics / Professionals
vs. Amateurs /
The Story of the Olympics
/ The
Real Story /
The Ancient Olympics (Perseus
Project) / Miller's
Ancient Greek Athletics Syllabus /
Saving a Mayan
Game of Sacrifice /
Ancient Egyptian Sports
Chronology
/ Greek
Pantheon / The
Major Gods/
Homeric
Age
Olympic
Festival in Antiquity /
Ancient Athletic Events / Ancient
Sports /
Unearthing the First Olympics (Nemea)
Ancient
Olympia: Tour
of Olympia / Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World / The
Temple of Zeus
Pindar, Pythian 3
Perseus Project's "Context of the Games and the Olympic
Spirit" / The Ancient
Olympics
Christ'
review of Miller's Arete by Christ (Bryn Mawr Classical Review
02.07.04) /
Romano's
review of Miller's Arete (Bryn Mawr Classical Review
04.02.07)
Art
Competitions at the Olympic Games /
When Arts Were On the
Podium /
Ode for a Grecian Medal / "Ode to
Athens" by Armand D'Angour /
A.
E. Housman's "To An Athlete Dying Young" / Pindar
/ Writing a Pindaric Epinikion /
Parsing Pindaric Ode
Herculmpics (a game!)
Ancient
Greek Athletes / Famous
Olympic Victors
Ancient Locker Rooms /
Samaranch
Aside, Corruption's as Ancient as Games /
Victor
Davis Hanson's "Olympic Corruption? It's All Greek to
Me"
Epispasm /
Celsus' Decircumcision
Operation
Gymnasium: Nero's
Gymnasium / Ancient
Greek Gymnasium
Ancient Sports Medicine: Galen:
Surgeon to the Gladiators / History
of Sports Medicine (note useful timeline)
List
of Important Geographic Terms / Quiz
on Olympic Site / Sample
Map/Geography Quiz / Plan of
Olympia / Sample
Multiple Choice Questions
Roman
Baths: The Roman Baths (Bath,
England) / Roman
Baths and Bathing / Mediterranean
Baths
Aeneid
V
Gladiators: The
Gladiator Site / Gladiator
Homepage / Gladiator
Cast of Characters / Gladiator
List of Scenes / The
Roman Gladiator / Gladiator
The Colosseum: Colosseum
/ Great
Buildings: The Colosseum / The
Colosseum.net / The
Flavian Amphitheatre
The Circus Maximus: Roman
Chariot Racing / Rome
Guide: The Circus Maximus / The Roman
Hippodrome / Eggers'
on Circus Maximus / The Circus
Maximus / Encyclopedia
Romana / Rome's
Astrodome / Circus
and the Circus Maximus /
Prof.
Sienkewicz' Writing Guidelines
Sports
Bibliography
Other
Classics websites you may find useful
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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