Friday, January 3, 2:30–4:30 p.m.

American Historical Association Annual Meeting Sessions

46. Sport, Games, and Politics: The Olympic Games, Ancient and Modern

Palmer House, Clark Room 5

Joint session with the Association of Ancient Historians

Chair: Winthrop Lindsay Adams, University of Utah

Papers: "Run for your Country": Competing Athenian Paradigms of Loyalty in the Ancient Olympic Games
Zinon Papakonstantinou, University of Washington

Kyniska of Sparta as Olympic Victor: Proud Pioneer or Political Pawn?
Donald G. Kyle, University of Texas at Arlington

Symbol and Celebration: Links between the Ancient and Modern Games
Robert K. Barney, University of Western Ontario

Comment: Nancy B. Reed, Texas Tech University
Jeffrey O. Segrave, Skidmore College

   

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