The Oxford handbook of sport & spectacle in the ancient world
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Handbook of sport & spectacle in the ancient world Sport & spectacle in the ancient world Sport and spectacle in the ancient world |
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Futrell, Alison, 1962-
, [HerausgeberIn]
Scanlon, Thomas Francis, , [HerausgeberIn] |
| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Ausgabe: | First edition. |
| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (xxx, 738 pages) : illustrations. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Oxford handbooks online
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Print version: | ISSN: 9780199592081 |
| Online Zugang: |
Available online |
Inhaltsangabe:
- PART I INTRODUCTION
- 1. Overview and Approaches
- 2. Theories of Greek and Roman Sport
- PART II DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
- Section 1 Pre-Greek Mediterranean
- 3. Sport in Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East
- 4. Sport and Spectacle in the Greek Bronze Age
- Section 2 Early Competitions and Events
- 5. Origins of the Olympics to the Sixth Century bce
- 6. Etruscan Events
- Section 3 Panhellenic Games and the Spread of the Tradition
- 7. The Greek Crown Games
- 8. The Panathenaia and Local Festivals
- 9. Patterns of Politics in Ancient Greek Athletics
- 10. Greek Festivals in the Hellenistic Era
- Section 4 Roman Games and Spectacles
- 11. Games in the Republic: Performance and Space
- 12. Theatre of Cruelty: Games of the Flavian Emperors
- 13. Greek Festivals in the Roman Era
- 14. Roman Games and Spectacle: Christian Identity and the Arena
- 15. The Decline and Fall of Spectacle
- PART III FORMS OF CONTESTS AND DISPLAY
- 16. Greek Footraces and Field Events
- 17. Greek Combat Sport and the Borders of Athletics, Violence, and Civilization
- 18. Gladiators
- 19. Greek Hippic Contests
- 20. Animal Events
- 21. Naval Events and Aquacades
- PART IV TEXTS, CONTEXTS, CONTESTS
- 22. Athletic Contests in Contexts of Epic and Other Related Archaic Texts
- 23. Epinikion, Kudos, and Criticism
- 24. Thematic Texts: Ovid, Martial, Tertullian
- 25. Contests in Context: Gladiatorial Inscriptions and Graffiti
- 26. Curse Tablets
- 27. Coins
- PART V CIVIC CONTEXTS
- Section 1 Some Local Contests and Festivals
- 28. Sparta's Contributions to Greek Sport
- 29. Imperial Spectacle in the Roman Provinces
- Section 2 Architecture of Games and Competitions
- 30. Greek Sanctuaries and Stadia
- 31. Gymnasium and Bath
- 32. The Colosseum
- 33. Circuses and Hippodromes
- 34. Combat Sports and Gladiatorial Combat in Greek and Roman Private Art
- 35. Athletic Images and the Monumentalization of Victory
- Section 4 Urban Contexts of Local Festivals
- 36. Local Festivals
- 37. Pompeii and Games
- 38. Gymnasium and Polis
- Section 5 Games and Community
- 39. Economic Aspects of Athletic Competition in the Archaic and Classical Age
- 40. 'Professional' Organizations in the Hellenistic World
- 41. Ludi and Factiones as Organizations of Performers
- 42. Animal Supply
- 43. Gladiators as a Class
- 44. Cult and Competition
- 45. Law, Litigation, and Sport in Ancient Greece
- 46. Spectatorship, Control, and Collective Groups
- PART VI BODY AND INDIVIDUAL
- Section 1 Health and Training
- 47. Too Much of a Good Thing: The Health of Olympic Athletes in Ancient Greece
- 48. Athletic Participation, Training, and Adolescent Education
- Section 2 Gender and Sexuality
- 49. Gender and Sexuality in Greek Sport
