Play as metaphor : ludic images from Ancient Greece
| 1. Verfasser: |
Dasen, Véronique,
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Liège (Belgique) :
Presses universitaires de Liège,
2024.
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| Umfang/Format: |
434 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Collection Jeu / Play / Spiel ;
11. |
| ISBN: | 9782875624284 |
| Schlagworte: | |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Enter the game
- Part 1: Heroic games
- Introduction. Achilles and Ajax at play : inventing a canonical image
- "Exekias made me and painted me"
- The Pente grammai
- Agon and aristeia
- Tyche's dice
- Urban heroes
- Game or abacus?
- Conclusion. Back to Palamedes
- Part 2: Gymnastic games
- Introduction. Athletics and play
- Ball games
- Riding games
- Spinning tops and twirling objects
- Ganymede's hoop
- Conclusion. Leaving toys behind
- Part 3: Games of love and chance
- Introduction. Under the gaze of Eros and Aphrodite
- Playing with balls, apples, and wool balls
- Ephedrismos
- Spinning tops and knucklebones
- Swings and seesaws
- Drawing lots with one's fingers
- Conclusion. Paidia : play is a woman
- Part 4: Childhood at play
- Introduction. Playing, 'acting like a child'
- Festive childhood
- Representing children at play
- Playing at being grown up
- Playing with animals
- Playing with rituals
- Imaginary children
- Conclusion. A city united by playful children
- Game over
