A word might be added as to the spelling of Greek proper names. Since consistency in this matter seems unattainable, I have adopted the method outlined in the _British School Annual_ (XV, 1908-09, p. 402), whereby the names of persons, places, buildings, festivals, etc., are transliterated from the Greek forms, except those which have become a part of the English language. But even here I have sometimes deviated from the practice of using familiar English forms.
In abbreviations of the names of journals (see pages XVI-XIX) I have largely conformed with the usage long recommended by the _American Journal of Archæology._
For convenience in identifying the many works of art, discussed or mentioned in the text and foot-notes, I have constantly referred to well-known collections of plates, such as those of Brunn-Bruckmann, Bulle, Rayet, and von Mach. For further convenience, I have also in most cases referred to the outline drawings of statues in Reinach’s _Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine_, and in some cases to the older ones found in Clarac’s _Musée de sculpture antique et moderne_, and in Mueller and Wieseler’s _Denkmaeler der alten Kunst_.
In closing, I have the pleasant duty of thanking generally the many friends who have given me valuable suggestions and assistance, especially Professor Lane Cooper, of Cornell University, for reading the proof-sheets of the entire work, and Professor Alfred Emerson, now of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, my former teacher, for revising the list of _Corrigenda_.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. _Philadelphia, October, 1921._
Origin of Greek Games in the Cult of the Dead 9
Early History of the Four National Games 14
Dedication of Statues at Olympia and Elsewhere 24
Honors Paid to Victors by their Native Cities 32
Votive Character of Victor Dedications 37
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTOR STATUES AT OLYMPIA 43-98
Aesthetic Judgments of Classical Writers 58
Assimilation of Olympic Victor Statues to Types of Gods and Heroes 71
Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Hermes 75
Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Apollo 88
Athlete Statues Assimilated to Types of Herakles 93
Athletes Represented as the Dioskouroi 96
VICTOR STATUES REPRESENTED AT REST 99-172