Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part III: Essay 4: Ritual “origins” of athletics
2022.11.07 | By Gregory Nagy Red-figure neck amphora in the manner of the Dinos Painter: Pelops and Hippodameia in his chariot. Athenian, ca. 420–410 BCE. Now in Arezzo, Museo Nationale Archeologico, inv. no. 1460. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.Drawing from A. Furtwängler and K. Reichhold, Griechische Vasenmalerei, vol. 2,… Read more