Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic ArtHyde, Walter Woodburn
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Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art
Hyde, Walter Woodburn
Olympics; Sculpture, Greek; Sports -- Greece
Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Herakles 93
Athletes Represented as the Dioskouroi 96
CHAPTER III.
VICTOR STATUES REPRESENTED AT REST 99-172
The Apollo Type 100
The Affiliated Schools of Argos and Sikyon 109
The School of Argos 109
The School of Sikyon 118
Aeginetan Sculptors 122
Attic Sculptors 126
General Motives of Statues at Rest 130
Adoration and Prayer 130
Anointing 133
Oil-scraping 135
Libation-pouring 138
Resting after the Contest 144
Attributes of Victor Statues 147
Primary Attributes of Victor Statues 148
The Victor Fillet 148
Fillet-binders 150
The Crown of Wild Olive 155
The Palm-branch 160
Secondary Attributes of Victor Statues 161
Hoplitodromoi 161
Pentathletes 164
Boxers 165
Wrestlers 165
Caps for Boxers, Pancratiasts, and Wrestlers 165
The Swollen Ear 167
CHAPTER IV.
VICTOR STATUES REPRESENTED IN MOTION 173-256
The _Tyrannicides_ 173
Antiquity of Motion Statues in Greece 176
Pythagoras and Myron 178
Motion Statues representing Victors in Various Contests 188
Runners: Stadiodromoi, Diaulodromoi, Dolichodromoi 190
The Statue of the Runner Ladas 196
Statues of Boy Runners 200
Hoplitodromoi 203
Pentathletes 210
Jumpers 214
Diskoboloi 218
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