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• Études sociales et juridiques sur l'antiquité grecque. (Hachette et cie, 1906), by Gustave Glotz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Atheletics and games of the ancient Greeks. (Lombard & Caustic, printers, 1898), by Edward Marwick Plummer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pindar. The Olympian and Pythian odes (Harper & Bros., 1885), by Pindar and Basil L. Gildersleeve (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essays on the art of Pheidias (University press;, 1885), by Charles Waldstein (page images at HathiTrust)
• Odes of Pindar, with several other pieces in prose and verse, translated from the Greek. To which is added A dissertation on Olympick games. (R. Dodsley, 1753), by Gilbert West, Walter Bagot, and Pindar (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Christian pamphlets. Vol. 12]. (1876), by Eduard Karl Heinrich Heydenreich, Alfred Gutschmid, Victor von Strauss und Torney, G. Th Reichelt, Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer, Marx Hansen, Hermann Varnhagen, Reinhold Köhler, Wilhelm Brandes, Johannes August Ludwig Ulrich Mueller, Paul Koetschau, Adolf Schimberg, Leopold Cohn, Ludwig Martens, Nikolaus Wecklein, Eduard Hiller, Martin von Schanz, Paul Knapp, Adam Daub, Gotthold Gundermann, and Eduard Schwartz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Olympia, oder, Darstellung der grossen olympischen Spiele und der damit verbundenen Festlichkeiten ... (F. Beck, 1838), by Johann Heinrich Krause (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die olympischen Spiele, ihre Gründung, Entstehung und Zeitrechnung. ([n.p.], 1854), by G. Graff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die aufeinanderfolge der kämpfe im pentathlon mit berücksichtigung der früheren erklärungen, nachgewiesen ([n.p.], 1892), by Hans Haggenmüller (page images at HathiTrust)
• De institutis Olympiacis eorumque propagatione extra Olympiam quaestiones variae. (G. Los, 1908), by Machiel André Evelein (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Greek athletic sports and festivals (Macmillan and co., limited, 1910), by E. Norman Gardiner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Greek athletic sports and festivals (Macmillan, 1982), by E. Norman Gardiner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Sieger in den olympischen Spielen : bis zum Ende des 4. Jahrh. v. Chr. (R. Zuckler, 1891), by Hugo Foerster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hē Olympia (Typois P.D. Sakellariou, 1901), by Vasileios I. Leonardos (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Sieger in den Olympischen Spielen. (Druck von R. Zückler, 1891), by Hugo Förster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ueber das Pentathlon der Griechen ... (J.M. Richter, 1892), by Karl Emil Henrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals, by E. Norman Gardiner (Gutenberg ebook)

• Themis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion, by Jane Ellen Harrison (page images at Chicago)

• The Extant Odes of Pindar, Translated Into English, With Introduction and Short Notes (1904), by Pindar, trans. by Ernest Myers (Gutenberg text)
• Pindar. The Olympian and Pythian odes (Harper & Bros., 1885), by Pindar and Basil L. Gildersleeve (page images at HathiTrust)
• Epinikoi Isthmionikais (Macmillan, 1892), by Pindar and J. B. Bury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pindar's Epinician or Triumphal odes (John W. Parker ;, 1841), by Pindar and John William Donaldson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The odes of Pindar, including the principal fragments (W. Heinemann: New York, The Macmillan co., 1915), by Pindar and John Edwin Sandys (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Olympian and Pythian odes (American Book Co.;, 1885), by Pindar and Basil L. Gildersleeve (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Olympian and Pythian odes of Pindar. Tr. into English verse (H.S. King & Co., 1876), by Pindar and Francis David Morice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pindar in English verse (E. Moxon, 1833), by Pindar and Henry Francis Cary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pindari Olympia, Nemea, Pythia, Isthmia (e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1697), by Pindar, Robert Welsted, Richard West, Nicolas Le Sueur, and Princeton University. Library. Douglas Bauer Pindar Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pindari Carmina quae supersunt (Hennings, 1843), by Pindar, Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, and Ludolph Georg Dissen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pindar (Berlin, 1808), by Pindar and Friedrich Heinrich Bothe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pindar's Siegesgesänge : Deutsch in den Versmassen der Urschrift (C.F. Winter, 1860), by Pindar, Ludwig Schunck, and J. J. C. Donner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The odes of Pindar (Williams and Norgate, 1868), by Pindar (page images at HathiTrust)
• The odes of Pindar (Henry G. Bohn, 1852), by Pindar, Walt Whitman, Abraham Moore, Dawson W. Turner, and Charles E. Feinberg Collection of Walt Whitman (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The odes of Pindar : including the principal fragments (W. Heinemann ;, 1919), by Pindar and John Edwin Sandys (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pindare. (Société d'édition "Les belles lettres", 1923), by Pindar and Aimé Puech (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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• Olympic Studies: Current Intellectual Crossroads (2002), by Lamartine Pereira da Costa (PDF at la84.org)
• Greek athletic sports and festivals (Macmillan and co., limited, 1910), by Edward Norman Cardiner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The final report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by United States. President's Commission on Olympic Sports (page images at HathiTrust)
• Olympia; its history & remains (The Clarendon Press, 1925), by E. Norman Gardiner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Olympia, das fest und seine stätte, nach den berichten der alten und den ergebnissen der deutschen augrabungen. (J. Springer, 1883), by Adolf Boetticher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Highlights of the Olympics from ancient times to the present (Hastings House, 1961), by John Durant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Odes of Pindar, with several other pieces in prose and verse, translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Olympick games. (Printed for R. Dodsley, 1749), by Gilbert West and Pindar (page images at HathiTrust)
• Themis; a study of the social origins of Greek religion (University Press, 1912), by Jane Ellen Harrison, Francis Macdonald Cornford, and Gilbert Murray (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Olympic victor monuments and Greek athletic art. (Carnegie Inst, 1921), by Walter Woodburn Hyde (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le panorama illustré des jeux olympiques : étude historique accompagnée de plusieurs gravures et d'un plan d'Olympie avec le programme des jeux olympiques de 1896 (E. Thorin; Athènes, Wilberg, 1895), by G. Spyridis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Themis; a study of the social origins of Greek religion. (University Press, 1927), by Jane Ellen Harrison, Francis Macdonald Cornford, and Gilbert Murray (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An invitation to the International Olympic Committee convened at Paris, France, June, 1955 to celebrate the XVII Olympiad at Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. 1960. (Detroit Olympic Committee, 1955.], 1955), by Detroit Olympic Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• An invitation to the International Olympic Committee convened at Munich, Germany, May, 1959 to celebrate the XVIII Olympiad at Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. 1964. (Detroit Olympic Committee, 1959.], 1959), by Detroit Olympic Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Network sports practices hearings before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session ... October 3, November 2, and 3, 1977. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications (page images at HathiTrust)
• First report to the President (the Commission, 1976), by United States. President's Commission on Olympic Sports (page images at HathiTrust)
• National Training Center for Olympic Sports : Colorado Springs. (Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, 1977), by United States Olympic Committee and Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce. Economic Development Department (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Über die Zeit der Olympien (B.G. Teubner, 1891), by August Mommsen (page images at HathiTrust)
• De hellanodicis Olympicis. (Seideli, 1879), by Hugo Foerster (page images at HathiTrust)
• United States ... Olympic book : quadrennial report of the United States Olympic Committee (United States Olympic Association, 1952), by United States Olympic Committee and United States Olympic Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• The evolution of the Olympic games 1829 B.C.-1914 A.D. (Heath, Cranton, & Ouseley, ltd., 1914), by F. A. M. Webster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Olympia, oder, Darstellung der grossen olympischen Spiele und der damit verbundenen Festlichkeiten ... (F. Beck, 1838), by Johann Heinrich Krause (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essays on the art of Pheidias. (University press;, 1885), by Charles Walston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die olympischen Spiele, ihre Gründung, Entstehung und Zeitrechnung (Rathgeber und Cobet, 1854), by G. Graff (page images at HathiTrust)
• The athletic games and their effect on Greek art. A lecture delivered in the Sheffield Scientific School, Mechanics' course, Hew Haven, February 17, 1893 ... ([New Haven, 1893), by J. M. Hoppin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Odes of Pindar (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1807), by Pindar, Henry James Pye, Gilbert West, and Princeton University. Library. Douglas Bauer Pindar Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Olympia, das fest und seine stätte, nach den berichten der alten und den ergebnissen der deutschen augrabungen. (J. Springer, 1886), by Adolf Boetticher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Themis, a study of the social origins of Greek religion. (World Pub. Co., 1927), by Jane Ellen Harrison (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The final report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports : executive summary. (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., [Congressional Sales Office], 1977), by United States. President's Commission on Olympic Sports (page images at HathiTrust)
• 1932 Swedish Olympic team at Svithiod Park (1932) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Achieving excellence : the story of America's military athletes in the Olympic games, 1992. ([Armed Forces Sports Committee, 1993), by United States. Dept. of Defense (page images at HathiTrust)
• Postal service : 1992 Olympic sponsorship--profit or loss is unknown : report to the Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate (The Office ;, 1993), by United States General Accounting Office and Post Office United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Über den Fünfkampf der Hellenen (W. Hertz, 1867), by Eduard Pinder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Themis, a study of the social origins of Greek religion. With an excursus on the ritual forms preserved in Greek tragedy by Gilbert Murray and a chapter on the origin of the Olympic games by F.M. Cornford. (University Press, 1912), by Jane Ellen Harrison (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report. ([New York], in the 20th century), by American Olympic Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Olympic games, B.C. 776-A.D. 1896 (American Olympic Committee, 1896), by Greece) Olympic Games (1st : 1896 : Athens, Pierre de Coubertin, Nikolaos G. Politēs, and Spyridōn Paulou Lampros (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Olympischen Sieger bis zum Ende des 4. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. (Zückler, 1891), by Hugo Förster (page images at HathiTrust)
• A gymnasium and stadium for the Olympic games (1913), by Charles B. McGrew (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Quaestiones Agonisticae imprimis ad Olympia pertinentes. ([n.p.], 1888), by F. Mie (page images at HathiTrust)
• De olympionicarum statuis a Pausania commemoratis. (Apud M. Niemeyerum, 1903), by Walter Woodburn Hyde (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Olympia (Hachette et cie., 1905), by Camille Gaspar (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Subcommittee hearing on H.R. 1184, to authorize the training for attendance at, and participation in, Olympic games by military personnel, and for other purposes ([U.S. G.P.O.], 1951), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee No. 3 (page images at HathiTrust)
• Full committee hearing on S. 677, H.R. 2736, S. 1220, H.R. 4692, S. 1244, H.R. 1184, H.R. 3911 ([U.S. G.P.O.], 1951), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Subcommittee hearing on H.R. 3014 : a bill to permit the participation by all of the armed services in the Seventh Olympic Winter Games ([U.S. G.P.O.], 1955), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee No. 1 (page images at HathiTrust)
• Full committee hearing on H.R. 2607, H.R. 2121, H.R. 3761, H.R. 3014, and miscellaneous real estate projects ([U.S. G.P.O.], 1955), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• The final report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports, January 1977, Washington, D.C. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by United States. President's Commission on Olympic Sports (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hoi agōnes (En Athēnais, 1906), by Antōnios Dēmētriou Keramopoullos (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Olympia; oder, Darstellung der grossen Olympischen Spiele und der damit verbundenen Festlichkeiten, so wie sämmtlicher kleineren Olympien in verschiedenen Staaten, nebst einem ausführlichen Verzeichnisse der olympischen Sieger in alphabetischer Ordnung und einigen Fragmenten des Phlegon aus Tralles. (F. Beck's Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1838), by Johann Heinrich Krause and Phlegon of Tralles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dei giuochi olimpici della Grecia e dei circensi in Roma : delle regate in Venezia : delle corse di bighe e de' fantini a cavallo ed a piedi in Padova : e degli spettacoli nell'Anfiteatro dell'arena in Milano dal 1807 a tutto il 1834 : coi nomi e cognomi dei proprietarj dei cavalli e di quelli dei vincitori stati premiati nei diversi spettacoli (A spese dell'autore, 1836), by I. C. S. (page images at HathiTrust)
• The final report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports, January 1977, Washington, D. C. : executive summary. (For sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by United States. President's Commission on Olympic Sports (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jim Thorpe's history of the Olympics (Wetzel publishing co., inc., 1932), by James Thorpe and Thomas F. Collison (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Olympic games : repercussions of the Afghanistan crisis ([Washington, D.C.] : The Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, Major Issues System, [1980], 1980), by David E. Lockwood and Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• De ordine certaminum Olympicorum per quinque dies. (sumtibus Dieterichianis, 1841), by Ludolph Georg Dissen (page images at HathiTrust)
• De Olympionicarum statuis a Pausania commemoratis. (Typis orphanotrophei, 1902), by Walter Woodburn Hyde (page images at HathiTrust)
• Olympia und die olympischen Spiele von 776 v. Chr. bis 1924. (W. Limpert, 1926), by Richard Harbott (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Athletics and Games of the Ancient Greeks, by Edward M. Plummer (Gutenberg ebook)
• Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art, by Walter Woodburn Hyde (Gutenberg ebook)

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