Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art — John Shaqi
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
Akontistai 222
Wrestlers 228
Boxers 234
Pancratiasts 246
CHAPTER V.
MONUMENTS OF HIPPODROME AND MUSICAL VICTORS 257-285
Programme of Hippodrome Events 259
Representations of the Chariot-race 262
Chariot-groups at Olympia 264
Remains of Chariot-groups 269
The _Apobates_ Chariot-race 272
Statues of Charioteers 274
Dedications of Victors in the Horse-race at Olympia and Elsewhere 278
Monuments Illustrating the Horse-race 280
The _Apobates_ Horse-race 282
Dedications of Musical Victors at Olympia and Elsewhere 283
CHAPTER VI.
TWO MARBLE HEADS FROM VICTOR STATUES 286-320
The Group of Daochos at Delphi, and Lysippos 286
The _Apoxyomenos_ of the Vatican, and Lysippos 288
The _Agios_ and the _Apoxyomenos_ compared, and the Style
of Lysippos 289
The Head from Olympia 293
The Olympia Head and that of the _Agias_ 294
Identification of the Olympia Head 298
The Dates of Philandridas and Lysippos 300
Lysippos as a Worker in Marble, and Statue “Doubles” 302
The Head of a Statue of a Boy from Sparta, and the Art
of Skopas 303
Comparison of the Tegea Heads and the Head from Sparta 308
The Styles of Skopas and Lysippos Compared 311
The Sparta Head Compared with that of the _Philandridas_ 316
The Sparta Head an Eclectic Work and an Example of Assimilation 318
CHAPTER VII.
THE MATERIALS OF OLYMPIC VICTOR MONUMENTS, AND THE OLDEST-DATED
VICTOR STATUE 321-338
The Case for Bronze 321
The Case for Stone 323
The Statue of Arrhachion at Phigalia 326
Egyptian Influence on Early Greek Sculpture 328
Early Victor Statues and the “Apollo” Type 334
CHAPTER VIII.
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