The Political Heritage of the Olympic Games: Relevance, Risks, and Possible Rewards

REFERENCES

• Burkert , Walter . 1985 . Greek religion , Edited by: Raffan , John . Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Chatziefstathiou , Dikaia and Ian , Henry . 2007 . Hellenism and Olympism: Pierre de Coubertin and the Greek challenge to the early Olympic movement . Sport in History , 27 ( 1 ) : 24 – 43 .
   Google Scholar
• Crowther , Nigel . 2004 . “ The ancient Olympics and their ideals ” . In Athletika: Studies on the Olympic Games and Greek Athletics , Hildesheim : Weidemann .
   Google Scholar
• di donato, michele. 1977. La scuola Pitagorica e la nascita della ginnastica educativa. Alcmeone 1: 11–21. Reprinted 2004 in Agonistica in Magna Grecia: La Scuola Atletica di Crotone, edited by Angela Teja and Santino Mariano. Calopezzati: Edizioni del Convento
   Google Scholar
• Golden , Mark . 1998 . Sport and society in Ancient Greece , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• IOC (INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE) . 2007 . Olympic Charter , Lausanne : IOC .
   Google Scholar
• IOC (INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE) . 2008 . Factsheet: The sports on the Olympic program , Lausanne : IOC .
   Google Scholar
• IOC (INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE) . 2010 . Olympic Charter , Lausanne : IOC .
   Google Scholar
• IOC (INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE) . 2011 . Factsheet on women in the Olympic movement: Update June, 2011 , Lausanne : IOC .
   Google Scholar
• Miller , Stephen G . 2000 . “ Naked democracy ” . In Polis and politics , Edited by: Flensted-Jensen , P. and Nielsen , T. H. 277 – 96 . Copenhagen : Festschrift .
   Google Scholar
• Mogens , Herman Hansen . 2006 . Polis: An Introduction to the ancient Greek city state , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Mouratidis , John . 2004 . Heracles at Olympia and the exclusion of women from the ancient Olympic Games . Journal of Sport History , 11 ( 3 ) : 41 – 55 .
   Google Scholar
• Neubauer , Deane . 2011 . Modern sport and Olympic Games: The problematic complexities raised by the dynamics of globalization . Journal of Olympic History , 19 ( 1 ) : 18 – 35 .
   Google Scholar
• Nicholson , Nigel James . 2005 . Aristocracy and athletics in archaic and classical Greece , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Olympic , Solidarity . 2009 . Where the action is: 2009–2012 quadrennial plan , Lausanne : IOC .
   Google Scholar
• Parry , Jim . 2006 . Sport and Olympism: Universals and multiculturalism . Journal of the Philosophy of Sport , 33 ( 2 ) : 188 – 204 .
   Google Scholar
• Reid , Heather L . 2006a . “ Of sport, service, and sacrifice: Rethinking the religious heritage of the Olympic Games ” . In Cultural imperialism in action: Critiques in the global Olympic Trust , Edited by: Crowther , N. , Barney , R. and Heine , M. 32 – 40 . London, ON : International Centre for Olympic Studies .
   Google Scholar
• Reid , Heather L . 2006b . Olympic sport and its lessons for peace . Journal of the Philosophy of Sport , 33 ( 2 ) : 205 – 13 . Reprinted 2009 with revisions in Olympic Truce: Sport as a platform for peace,edited by K. Georgiadis and A. Syrigos. Athens: International Olympic Truce Center, 25–35
   Google Scholar
• Reid , Heather L . 2007 . Sport as moral education in Plato’s Republic . Journal of the Philosophy of Sport , 34 ( 2 ) : 160 – 75 .
   Google Scholar
• Reid , Heather L . 2010 . Athletics and philosophy in ancient Greece and Rome: Contests of virtue . Sport, Ethics and Philosophy , 4 ( 2 ) Special Issue : 109 – 225 .
   Google Scholar
• Reid , Heather L . 2010a . Olympia: Running towards truth . Sport, Ethics and Philosophy , 4 ( 2 ) : 136 – 45 .
   Google Scholar
• Reid , Heather L . 2010b . Aristotle’s pentathlete . Sport, Ethics and Philosophy , 4 ( 2 ) : 183 – 94 .
   Google Scholar
• Reid , Heather L . 2010c . Boxing with tyrants . Sport, Ethics and Philosophy , 4 ( 2 ) : 146 – 56 .
   Google Scholar
• Reid , Heather L . 2010d . Wrestling with Socrates . Sport, Ethics and Philosophy , 4 ( 2 ) : 157 – 69 .
   Google Scholar
• Reid , Heather L . 2010e . Plato’s gymnasium . Sport, Ethics and Philosophy , 4 ( 2 ) : 170 – 82 .
   Google Scholar
• Samaranch , Juan Antonio . 1999 . “ Foreword ” . In Olympic movement’s Agenda 21 , Lausanne : IOC . IOC Sport and Environment Commission
   Google Scholar
• Scanlon , Thomas F . 2002 . Eros and Greek athletics , New York : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Spivey , Nigel . 2004 . The ancient Olympics: A History , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Topfer , Klaus . 1999 . “ Foreword ” . In Olympic movement’s Agenda 21 , Lausanne : IOC . IOC Sport and Environment Commission
   Google Scholar
• Valavanis , Panos . 2006 . “Thoughts on the historical origins of the Olympic Games and the cult of Pelops in Olympia . Nikephoros , 19 : 141 – 5 .
   Google Scholar
• Weaving , Charlene . 2012 . “ ‘The burning flame within’: The sexualization of women athletes in beach volleyball ” . In The Olympics and philosophy , Edited by: Austin , Mike and Reid , Heather L. Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, 228–41 .
   Google Scholar