Title: Antike Spitzensportler :
Authors: Decker, Wolfgang,
Date: 2014
Publisher: Arete Verlag,
Physical description: 201 pages : chiefly color illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language: German
LC classification: G
Abstract: This study gives a biographical account of 88 notable athletes from the ancient world, along with translations into German of the most important sources for the life of each athlete.
Contents: Alter Orient -- Ägypten zur Zeit der Pharaonen. Sportliche Könige ; Ein Königsgrab voller Sportgeräte ; Der Fall eines nichtköniglichen Spitzensportlers -- Griechenland. Mythos und Epos ; Die historische Zeit ; Athletenbiographien .
Subject headings (LCSH): Athletes--Egypt--Biography.; Athletes--Greece--Biography.; Athletes--Orient--Biography.; Sports--Egypt--History--To 1500.; Sports--Greece--History--To 1500.; Sports--Orient--History--To 1500.