General Introduction / Paul Christesen and Donald G. Kyle
Section One. Greece
Part One. The Background
Greek Athletic Competitions : The Ancient Olympics and More / Donald G. Kyle
Sport in the Aegean Bronze Age / Jeremy B. Rutter
Sport in the Early Iron Age and Homeric Epic / Timothy P.J. Perry
Representations of Sport in Greek Literature / Nigel Nicholson
Picturing Victory : Representations of Sport in Greek Art / Jenifer Neils
Inscriptions as Evidence for Greek Sport / H.W. Pleket
Recent Trends in the Study of Greek Sport / Ingomar Weiler
Part Two. Places
Panhellenic Athletics at Olympia / Thomas Heine Nielsen
Sport and Society in Sparta / Paul Christesen
Sport, Society, and Politics in Athens / Donald G. Kyle
Athletic Festivals in the Northern Peloponnese and Central Greece / David Gilman Romano
Sport and Society in the Greek West / Carla M. Antonaccio
Part Three. People, Settings, Ideas
Sport and Democratization in Ancient Greece (with an Excursus on Athletic Nudity) / Paul Christesen
Growing Up with Greek Sport : Education and Athletics / Werner Petermandl
Eros and Greek Sport / Andrew Lear
Greek Female Sport : Rites, Running, and Racing / Donald G. Kyle
People on the Fringes of Greek Sport / Christian Mann
The Greek Stadium as a Reflection of a Changing Society / Stephen G. Miller
The Social Life of Greek Athletic Facilities (other than Stadia) / Michael Scott
The Role of Religion in Greek Sport / Sarah C. Murray
Ancient Critics of Greek Sport / Zinon Papakonstantinou
Sport, Spectacle, and Society in Ancient Macedonia / Winthrop Lindsay Adams
Part Four. Later Greek Sport and Spectacle
Greek Sport in Egypt : Status Symbol and Lifestyle / Sofie Remijsen
Sport in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor / H.W. Pleket
Section Two. Rome
Part One. The Background
Overview of Roman Spectacle / Roger Dunkle
Etruscan Sport / Giampiero Bevagna
Writing Arenas : Roman Authors and Their Games / Zara Martirosova Torlone
Representations of Spectacle and Sport in Roman Art / Steven L. Tuck
Material Evidence for Roman Spectacle and Sport / Gregory S. Aldrete
Trends in the Study of Roman Spectacle and Sport / Jerry Toner
Part Two. Spectacles and Sport in Rome
Gladiatorial Combat as Alluring Spectacle / Garrett G. Fagan
Women with Swords : Female Gladiators in the Roman World / Stephen Brunet
Roman Chariot Racing : Charioteers, Factions, Spectators / Sinclair Bell
Roman Beast-Hunts / Chris Epplett
Spectacular Executions in the Roman World / Chris Epplett
Greek Sports in Rome / Hugh M. Lee
Part Three. People, Settings, Ideas
Amphitheaters in the Roman World / Hazel Dodge
Venues for Spectacle and Sport (other than Amphitheaters) in the Roman World / Hazel Dodge
People on the Margins of Roman Spectacle / Rose MacLean
Religion and Roman Spectacle / John Zaleski
Ancient Critics of Roman Spectacle and Sport / Kathryn Mammel
Part Four. Later Roman Spectacle and Sport
Romanization through Spectacle in the Greek East / Michael Carter
Spectacle and Sport in Constantinople in the Sixth Century CE / David Alan Parnell.