Olympic victor monuments and Greek athletic art
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Olympic victor monuments and Greek athletic art
（Historical manuscripts）
Nova Science, c2021
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Originally published: Washington : Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1921
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The purpose of the present work is to study what is known of one of the most important genres of Greek sculpturethe monuments erected at Olympia and elsewhere in the Greek world in honor of victorious athletes at the Olympic Games. Since only meagre remnants of these monuments have survived, the work is in the main concerned with the attempt to reconstruct their various types and poses.
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- The Most Common Abbreviations Used in the Notes
- Early Greek Games and Prizes
- General Characteristics of Victor Statues at Olympia
- Victor Statues Represented at Rest
- Victor Statues Represented in Motion
- Monuments of Hippodrome and Musical Victors
- Two Marble Heads from Victor Statues
- The Materials of Olympic Victor Monuments, and the Oldest Dated Victor Statue
- Positions of Victor Statues in the Altis
- Olympic Victor Monuments Erected Outside Olympia
- Statistics of Olympic Victor Statuaries
- Index.
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