Introduction / Simon Hornblower and Catherine Morgan
The origins of the festivals, especially Delphi and the Pythia / John Davies
Origins of the Olympics / Stephen Instone
Pindar, athletes, and the early Greek statue habit / R.R.R. Smith
Fame, memorial, and choral poetry : the origins of epinikian poetry : an historical study / Rosalind Thomas
Epinikian eidography / N.J. Lowe
Pindar's poetry as poetry : a literary commentary / Michael Silk
Pindar, place, and performance / Christopher Carey
Debating patronage : the cases of Argos and Corinth / Catherine Morgan
Elite mobility in the West / Carla M. Antonaccio
'Dolphins in the sea' (Isthmian 9.7) : Pindar and the Aeginetans / Simon Hornblower
Thessalian aristocracy and society in the age of the Epinikian / Maria Stamatopoulou
The entire house is full of crowns : Hellenistic agōnes and the commemoration of victory / Riet van Bremen
'Kapetōleia Olympia' : Roman emperors and Greek agōnes / Tony Spawforth
Conclusion : the prestige of the games / Mary Douglas.