Author: John DuntonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Athenian Sport
Author: John DuntonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity
Author: Paul ChristesenPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444339524
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity presents a series of essays that apply a socio-historical perspective to myriad aspects of ancient sport and spectacle. Covers the Bronze Age to the Byzantine Empire Includes contributions from a range of international scholars with various Classical antiquity specialties Goes beyond the usual concentrations on Olympia and Rome to examine sport in cities and territories throughout the Mediterranean basin Features a variety of illustrations, maps, end-of-chapter references, internal cross-referencing, and a detailed index to increase accessibility and assist researchers
Sport, Democracy and War in Classical Athens
Author: David PritchardPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110700733X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This book explains why the democracy of classical Athens generously sponsored elite sport and idolised its sporting victors.
Athletics in Ancient Athens
Author: Donald G. KylePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004097599
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World
Author: David PhillipsPublisher: Classical Press of Wales
ISBN: 1914535227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
How did sport and festival affect the ancient Greek city? How did the values of athletics pervade Greek culture? This collection of fifteen new studies from an international cast took its inspiration from the exceptional Sydney Olympics of 2000. The focus here is on the ancient world, but additionally there is a sophisticated look at how Greek artefacts linked with sport can best be presented to the modern world.
Ancient Greek Athletics
Author: Charles H. StockingPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198839596
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Présentation de l'éditeur : "This work presents a collection of texts in translation on ancient athletics in Greek and Roman history, including a wide range of topics from the Olympics to ancient conceptions of health and wellness."
Athletics in Ancient Athens
Author: D.G. KylePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004276629
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This book presents new insights into the relationship between governors and provincial subjects in the Later Roman Empire. Discussion of provincial expectations and perception, the continuous dialogue, interdependence and reciprocity leads to a better understanding of Late Roman provincial administration.
Sport, Literature, Society
Author: Alexis TadiéPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134920245
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Sport studies and sports history have witnessed a recent substantial increase in publications. However, the relationship between literature and sport has been little explored. Sport, Literature, Society looks at a wide variety of case studies ranging from Japan to England, from India to Australia and covers sports as diverse as cycling, football, wrestling and boxing. It concentrates on historical perspectives. The contributors are all academics of international reputation and include historians of sport and literary scholars. Literature may shape our perceptions and reactions to sport as much as sport may inform our reading. As mimetic practice, as aesthetic object, as imaginative release, sport is analogous to literature and the other arts; at the same time, it can become the subject of literary, visual or musical elaborations. Literature often conceptualises the place and role of sport in culture and society. Indeed, sport inhabits literature in ways that have not been adequately studied. Sport studies have investigated the relationships between sport and society, education, gender, nation, and class. To look again at these relationships through the prism of literature enables us to change our focus and to assess the centrality of sport in culture. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World
Author: Donald G. KylePublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118613562
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle’s award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire. • Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks • Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the other’s entertainment • Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response • Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures
Ancient Greek Athletics
Author: Stephen Gaylord MillerPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300115291
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Presenting a survey of sports in ancient Greece, this work describes ancient sporting events and games. It considers the role of women and amateurs in ancient athletics, and explores the impact of these games on art, literature and politics.