A strong interest in the ancient Olympics on the part of both scholars and the general public has led several museums abroad to mount exhibitions exploring the artistic and archaeological evidence for Greek sports. The return of the Olympics to Greece in summer 2004 provided the impetus for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), to present Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete and the Olympic Spirit, the first exhibition in the United States to rival shows such as Mind and Body: Athletic Contests in Ancient Greece at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece, in 1989 or the three Olympism exhibitions at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1993, 1996, and 1998 in terms of the number of objects assembled and the effort devoted to exploring the nature of Greek athletics. The curators John Herrmann and Christine Kondoleon are to be applauded for their considerable success in achieving their three aims of illustrating the essential elements of ancient Greek sports, demonstrating the role played in Greek art by scenes directly drawn from or inspired by ancient athletics and revealing the connection, or sometimes the lack of connection, between ancient and modern sports. The well-written and abundantly illustrated...