Sport Democracy and War in Classical Athens. Explains why the democracy of classical Athens generously sponsored elite sport and idolised its sporting victors. Cover SPORT DEMOCRACY AND WAR IN CLASSICAL ATHENS Title Copyright Contents Figures Preface Abbreviations CHAPTER 1 Problems models and sources 1.1 THE ANOMALY OF ELITE SPORT IN DEMOCRATIC ATHENS 1.2 THE SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF ATHENIAN CITIZENS 1.3 THE EVIDENCE FOR ATHENIAN POPULAR CULTURE 1.4 POPULAR IDEAS AND MODERN THEORIES ABOUT SPORT AND WAR 1.5 SYNOPSIS OF THE BOOK CHAPTER 2 Athletic participation and education 2.1 THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF ATHLETES: THE STATE OF THE QUESTION 2.2 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATHLETICS AND EDUCATION 2.3 THE OLD EDUCATION: ORGANISATION AIMS AND BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION 2.4 LETTERS 2.5 ATHLETICS AND MUSIC 2.6 CONCLUSION: ATHLETICS AS AN ELITE ACTIVITY IN CLASSICAL ATHENS CHAPTER 3 The democratic support of athletics 3.1 HONOURS FOR PANHELLENIC SPORTING VICTORS 3.2 LOCAL SPORTING CONTESTS AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ATHLETICS 3.3 THE POSITIVE DEPICTION OF ATHLETICS IN POLITICAL AND LEGAL SPEECHES 3.4 COMIC REPRESENTATIONS OF ATHLETICS 3.5 THE ATHLETIC HEROES OF TRAGEDY 3.6 POPULAR CRITICISM OF OTHER ELITE ACTIVITIES 3.7 CONCLUSION: THE ANOMALY OF ELITE SPORT IN DEMOCRATIC ATHENS CHAPTER 4 Athletics in satyric drama 4.1 THE PROMINENCE OF ATHLETICS 4.2 SATYRS AS INCONGRUOUS ATHLETES 4.3 THE ATTACK AGAINST ATHLETES IN AUTOLYCUS OF EURIPIDES 4.4 THE PRACTICAL VALUE OF ATHLETICS FOR WAR CHAPTER 5 The common culture of athletics and war 5.1 THE CONCEPTION OF GAMES AND BATTLES AS CONTESTS 5.2 COMMON ORDEALS AND VALUES 5.3 THE DIVINE SUPPORT OF VICTORY 5.4 CONCLUSION: THE POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE STANDING OF ATHLETICS CHAPTER 6 The democratisation of war 6.1 ATHENIAN WAR MAKING BEFORE THE DEMOCRACY 6.2 THE EXTENSION OF MILITARY PARTICIPATION UNDER THE DEMOCRACY.