Aristocracy And Athletics In Archaic And Classical Greece
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Aristocracy And Athletics In Archaic And Classical Greece
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Author : Nigel Nicholson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-06-20
Aristocracy And Athletics In Archaic And Classical Greece written by Nigel Nicholson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-20 with History categories.
In this book, Nicholson examines how aristocrats responded to the changes in athletics as they affected social structure.
Athletics In Ancient Athens
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Author : Donald G. Kyle
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Athletics In Ancient Athens written by Donald G. Kyle and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with History categories.
The Athlete In The Ancient Greek World
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Author : Reyes Bertolín Cebrián
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2020-07-02
The Athlete In The Ancient Greek World written by Reyes Bertolín Cebrián and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-02 with History categories.
In the world of sports, the most important component is the athlete. After all, without athletes there would be no sports. In ancient Greece, athletes were public figures, idolized and envied. This fascinating book draws on a broad range of ancient sources to explore the development of athletes in Greece from the archaic period to the Roman Empire. Whereas many previous books have focused on the origins of the Greek games themselves, or the events or locations where the games took place, this volume places a unique emphasis on the athletes themselves—and the fostering of their athleticism. Moving beyond stereotypes of larger-than-life heroes, Reyes Bertolín Cebrián examines the experiences of ordinary athletes, who practiced sports for educational, recreational, or professional purposes. According to Bertolín Cebrián, the majority of athletes in ancient times were young men and mostly single. Similar to today, most athletes practiced sport as part of their schooling. Yet during the fifth century B.C., a major shift in ancient Greek education took place, when the curriculum for training future leaders became more academic in orientation. As a result, argues Bertolín Cebrián, the practice of sport in the Hellenistic period lost its appeal to the intellectual elite, even as it remained popular with large sectors of the population. Thus, a gap emerged between the “higher” and “lower” cultures of sport. In looking at the implications of this development for athletes, whether high-performing or recreational, this erudite volume traverses such wide-ranging fields as history, literature, medicine, and sports psychology to recreate—in compelling detail—the life and lifestyle of the ancient Greek athlete.
Athletics And Philosophy In The Ancient World
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Author : Heather L. Reid
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-02
Athletics And Philosophy In The Ancient World written by Heather L. Reid and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-02 with History categories.
This book examines the relationship between athletics and philosophy in ancient Greece and Rome focused on the connection between athleticism and virtue. It begins by observing that the link between athleticism and virtue is older than sport, reaching back to the athletic feats of kings and pharaohs in early Egypt and Mesopotamia. It then traces the role of athletics and the Olympic Games in transforming the idea of aristocracy as something acquired by birth to something that can be trained. This idea of training virtue through the techniques and practice of athletics is examined in relation to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Then Roman spectacles such as chariot racing and gladiator games are studied in light of the philosophy of Lucretius, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius. The concluding chapter connects the book’s ancient observations with contemporary issues such as the use of athletes as role models, the relationship between money and corruption, the relative worth of participation and spectatorship, and the role of females in sport. The author argues that there is a strong link between sport and philosophy in the ancient world, calling them offspring of common parents: concern about virtue and the spirit of free enquiry. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Ethics and Sport.
The Olympic Myth Of Greek Amateur Athletics
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Author : David C. Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
The Olympic Myth Of Greek Amateur Athletics written by David C. Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Athletics categories.
Athletics In Ancient Athens
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Author : D.G. Kyle
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-07-17
Athletics In Ancient Athens written by D.G. Kyle and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
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 In The Greek And Roman Worlds
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Author : Thomas Francis Scanlon
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Readings in Classical S
Release Date : 2014
Sport In The Greek And Roman Worlds written by Thomas Francis Scanlon and has been published by Oxford Readings in Classical S this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
Volume 1. From the Minoan bull-leaping to the ancient Olympics and the enigmas of their contests, this first volume of Sport in the Greek and Roman Worlds contains nine articles and chapters of enduring importance to the study of sport in ancient Greece, a field located at a crucial intersection of social history, archaeology, literature, and other aspects of Greek culture. The studies have been updated with addenda by the original authors, and two of the articles that were originally published in German or French have been translated into English here for the first time. The studies, selected for breadth and importance of historical topics, include: Greek sport in its epic, heroic, and Bronze Age origins; the ancient Olympics in its relation to religion, politics, and diversity of competitors; Greek events in track and field and equestrian events.
Ancient Greek Athletics
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Author : Stephen Gaylord Miller
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Ancient Greek Athletics written by Stephen Gaylord Miller and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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.
Two Studies In The History Of Ancient Greek Athletics
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Author : Thomas Heine Nielsen
language : en
Publisher: Nord Academic
Release Date : 2018
Two Studies In The History Of Ancient Greek Athletics written by Thomas Heine Nielsen and has been published by Nord Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
Presents two studies in the history of ancient Greek athletics. The first study is a survey of the number of festivals with athletic and equestrian competitions which existed throughout the Greek world in the late Archaic and Classical periods. It demonstrates that athletic festivals were celebrated in far greater numbers than previously assumed. The second study discusses the symbolic value and prestige of athletic victories achieved at the sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea in the Peloponnese, by focusing on the value attached by victorious athletes and their home communities to such victories and by situating the contests at Nemea in the competitive landscape of late Archaic and Classical Greece delineated in the first study. It concludes that the prestige of a Nemean victory far outshone that of a victory in any of the numerous athletic festivals which did not form a part of the great Big Four: the Olympic, Pythian, Isthmian and Nemean festivals.
Sport And Society In Ancient Greece
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Author : Mark Golden
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-09-10
Sport And Society In Ancient Greece written by Mark Golden and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09-10 with History categories.
Sport and Society in Ancient Greece provides a concise and readable introduction to ancient Greek sport. It covers such topics as the links between sport, religion and warfare, the origins and history of the Olympic games, and the spirit of competition among the Greeks. Its main focus, however, is on Greek sport as an arena for the creation and expression of difference among individuals and groups. Sport not only identified winners and losers. It also drew boundaries between groups (Greeks and barbarians, boys and men, males and females) and offered a field for debate on the relative worth of athletic and equestrian competition. The book includes guides to the ancient evidence and to modern scholarship on the subject.