Sport in the cultures of the ancient world : new perspectives
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Papakonstantinou, Zinon.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Abingdon :
Routledge,
2010.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xxiv, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
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| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 9 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 1. Prologue: Sport in the Cultures of the Ancient World Zinon Papakonstantinou 2. Contesting Ancient Mediterranean Sport Thomas Scanlon 3. Whence 776? The Origin of the Date for the First Olympiad Paul Christesen 4. Pan-Hellenism and Particularism: Herodotus on Sport, Greekness, Piety, and War Donald Kyle 5. Sport, War and Democracy in Classical Athens David Pritchard 6. Challenged by Egyptians: Greek Sports in the Third century BC Sofie Remijsen 7. Gladiators in the Greek east: a Case Study in Romanization Christian Mann 8. Gladiators and Monomachoi: Greek Attitudes to a Roman 'Cultural Performance' Michael Carter 9. The Greek Ephebate in the Roman Period Nigel Kennell 10. Observations on Boys, Girls, Youths and Age Categories in Roman Sports and Spectacles Nigel Crowther 11. Epilogue: Some Perspectives on Ancient Sport Zinon Papakonstantinou
