The Panathenaic Games: Proceedings of an International Conference Held at the University of Athens, May 11-12, 2004

The papers in this volume focus on the study of a Panhellenic athletic event that lasted for nearly a millennium. An international assembly of scholars contribute to the discussion of the origins and the historical development of the Panathenaic Games in general and of individual contests in particular. The role of patrons in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, as well as the form and meaning of victory dedications and other monuments are also examined, making this a truly interdisciplinary study into this fascinating event. Two of the seventeen papers are in Greek.

The papers in this volume were presented at an international conference organized in Athens (May 11-14, 2004) and focus on the study of the Panathenaic Games, a Panhellenic athletic event that lasted for nearly a millennium. An international assembly of archaeologists, art historians, ancient historians, epigraphists and classical scholars contributed to the discussion of the origins and the historical development of the Panathenaic Games in general and of individual contests in particular. The role of royal and other patrons in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, as well as the form and meaning of victory dedications and other monuments generated by the games were also examined, making this a truly interdisciplinary study into this fascinating event. Two papers are in Greek. "This handsomely-illustrated conference volume is the first to concentrate exclusively on the games." Jackson, Journal of Hellenic Studies "A handsome, well-illustrated, large-format volume of the proceeding, mostly in English, of a conference held in Athens in 2004 in connection with the modern Olympics." - Tsetskhladze, Ancient West & East