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MONEY AND HONOR IN ANCIENT ATHLETICS

Experts of ancient sport have long treated "money" and "honor" as opposites. Up to the 1970s 
the idea of Greek gentlemen's sport prevailed. It is one of the most exciting challenges for
sport historians to overcome this opposition and to develop a concept that integrates the
economic and symbolic motivations of ancient athletes. From the very beginning  economic
aspects played a role in Greek sport  and honor remained important until the end of ancient
athletics. But despite these continuities there are obvious developments in favor of economic
factors: Cash prizes grew in importance since the Hellenistic period  and symbolical honors
awarded to victorious athletes by their hometowns were transformed into financial ones.   The
studies collected in this volume aim at exploring the relationship of money and honor with
regard to athletes  festivals and poleis .

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