The Crown Games of Ancient Greece - Lunt, David
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The Crown Games were the apex of competition in ancient Greece. Along with athletic contests in honor of Zeus at Olympia, they comprised the Pythian Games for Apollo at Delphi, the Isthmian Games for Poseidon, and the Neman Games, sacred to Zeus. This book examines these festivals in the context of the ancient Greek world.

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The Crown Games were the apex of competition in ancient Greece. Along with athletic contests in honor of Zeus at Olympia, they comprised the Pythian Games for Apollo at Delphi, the Isthmian Games for Poseidon, and the Neman Games, sacred to Zeus. This book examines these festivals in the context of the ancient Greek world.
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David Lunt is associate professor of history at Southern Utah University, where he teaches ancient history and conducts research on the role of sports in society. His scholarship on ancient athletics has appeared in numerous publications, including the Journal of Olympic Studies, the Journal of Sport History, and The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Sport.