For convenience in identifying the many works of art, discussed or mentioned in the text and foot-notes, I have constantly referred to well-known collections of plates, such as those of Brunn-Bruckmann, Bulle, Rayet, and von Mach. For further convenience, I have also in most cases referred to the outline drawings of statues in Reinach’s _Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine_, and in some cases to the older ones found in Clarac’s _Musée de sculpture antique et moderne_, and in Mueller and Wieseler’s _Denkmaeler der alten Kunst_. In closing, I have the pleasant duty of thanking generally the many friends who have given me valuable suggestions and assistance, especially Professor Lane Cooper, of Cornell University, for reading the proof-sheets of the entire work, and Professor Alfred Emerson, now of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, my former teacher, for revising the list of _Corrigenda_. WALTER WOODBURN HYDE. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. _Philadelphia, October, 1921._ CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE EARLY GREEK GAMES AND PRIZES 1-42 Sports in Crete 1 Athletics in Homer 7 Origin of Greek Games in the Cult of the Dead 9 Early History of the Four National Games 14 Early Prizes for Athletes 18 Dedication of Athlete Prizes 21 Dedication of Statues at Olympia and Elsewhere 24 Honors Paid to Victors by their Native Cities 32 Votive Character of Victor Dedications 37 Miscellaneous Memorials to Victors 40 Honorary Statues 41 CHAPTER II. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTOR STATUES AT OLYMPIA 43-98 Size of Victor Statues 45 Nudity of Victor Statues 47 The Athletic Hair-fashion 50 Iconic and Aniconic Statues 54 Portrait Statues 55 Aniconic Statues 58 Aesthetic Judgments of Classical Writers 58 Greek Originals of Victor Statues 62 Canons of Proportion 65 Assimilation of Olympic Victor Statues to Types of Gods and Heroes 71 Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Hermes 75 Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Apollo 88