Ancient Greek athletics
| 1. Verfasser: |
Miller, Stephen G. (Stephen Gaylord), 1942-2021
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New Haven London :
Yale University Press,
2004.
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| Umfang/Format: |
ix, 288 p. : ill. (some col.). ; 4°. |
| ISBN: | 0300100833 |
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| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 1 Datensätze |
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Table of contents |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- The world of Greek athletics
- The origins of Greek athletics
- The crown competitions: the events at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea, and Isthmia
- The sites of the crown competitions
- The Olympic games, 300 B.C.: a reconstruction of a festival
- The money games at Epidauros, Athens, Larissa, and Sparta
- Women and athletics
- Athletes and heroes
- Sport and recreation
- Training: the world of the gymnasion and the palaistra
- Athletics as entertainment in the Hellenistic and Roman periods
- Professionals and amateurs
- Politics and the games
- Athletics and society
- Arete.
