Contemporary Athletics And Ancient Greek Ideals

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Contemporary Athletics And Ancient Greek Ideals

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Author : Daniel A. Dombrowski
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2010-10-21

Contemporary Athletics And Ancient Greek Ideals written by Daniel A. Dombrowski and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-21 with Sports & Recreation categories.

Despite their influence in our culture, sports inspire dramatically less philosophical consideration than such ostensibly weightier topics as religion, politics, or science. Arguing that athletic playfulness coexists with serious underpinnings, and that both demand more substantive attention, Daniel Dombrowski harnesses the insights of ancient G...

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.

Sport Bodily Culture And Classical Antiquity In Modern Greece

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Author : Eleni Fournaraki
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-03

Sport Bodily Culture And Classical Antiquity In Modern Greece written by Eleni Fournaraki and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-03 with History categories.

Ancient Greece was the model that guided the emergence of many facets of the modern sports movement, including most notably the Olympics. Yet the process whereby aspects of the ancient world were appropriated and manipulated by sport authorities of nation-states, athletic organizations and their leaders as well as by sports enthusiasts is only very partially understood. This volume takes modern Greece as a case-study and explores, in depth, issues related to the reception and use of classical antiquity in modern sport, spectacle and bodily culture. For citizens of the Greek nation-state, classical antiquity is not merely a vague "legacy" but the cornerstone of their national identity. In the field of sport and bodily culture, since the 1830s there had been persistent attempts to establish firm and direct links between ancient Greek athletics and modern sport through the incorporation of sport in school curricula, the emergence of national sport historiographies as well as the initiatives to revive (in the 19th century) or appropriate (in the 20th) the modern Olympics. Based on fieldwork and unpublished material sources, this book dissects the use and abuse of classical antiquity and sport in constructing national, gender and class identities, and illuminate aspects of the complex modern perceptions of classicism, sport and the body. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Sport And Recreation In Ancient Greece

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Author : Waldo E. Sweet
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1987-10-29

Sport And Recreation In Ancient Greece written by Waldo E. Sweet and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-10-29 with History categories.

Aimed at readers of all levels--from student to classics buff to serious scholars--this sourcebook looks at sport and recreation in ancient Greece through translated accounts of ancient Greek and Latin authors. It examines such diversions as the ancient Olympic Games, athletic clothing, women in sports, dining, dancing, and fishing. Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece offers a wide range of topics geared to students' interests, new translations into readable English that facilitate their introduction to the subject, and a rich assortment of illustrations. The questions following each translation help students understand the passages, while the presentation of contradictory evidence challenges them to evaluate different points of view, both in the study of ancient culture and in their own daily lives. Successfully tested in college classrooms for a ten years, this book provides an excellent springboard for the study of ancient Greek history, classical literature, or sports history.

Greek Athletics And The Olympics

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Author : Alan Beale
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-29

Greek Athletics And The Olympics written by Alan Beale 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 2011-09-29 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Where did the idea of celebrating the Olympic Games every four years come from? The short answer is ancient Greece. The very name 'Olympic' announces an origin for the competition, but, as with most of our classical heritage, it is easy for the superficial similarities to conceal major cultural differences. The purpose of this new book in the Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts series is to provide an introduction to Greek athletics and their most important competition at Olympia through a selection of contemporary visual and literary sources.

Greek Athletic Sports And Festivals

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Author : E. Norman Gardiner
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2020-08-14

Greek Athletic Sports And Festivals written by E. Norman Gardiner and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-14 with Sports & Recreation categories.

First published in 1910, this book explores the subject of athletics festivals in ancient Greece, looking in detail at its history as well as the exercises commonly seen at such occasions. “Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals” is highly recommend for those with an interest in athletics and is not to be missed by collectors of related literature. Contents include: “Introductory”, “Athletics in Homer”, “The Rise of the Athletic Festival”, “The Age of Athletic Festivals, Sith Century B.C.”, “The Age of Athletic Ideal, 500–440 B.C.”, “Professionalism and Specialization, 440–338 B.C.”, “The Decline of Athletics, 338–146 B.C.”, “Athletics Under the Romans”, “The Olympic Festival, etc. Macha Press is republishing this classic work now in a new edition complete with the extract 'Classical Games' by Francis Storr.

Sport And Festival In The Ancient Greek World

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Author : David Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Release Date : 2003-12-31

Sport And Festival In The Ancient Greek World written by David Phillips and has been published by Classical Press of Wales this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-31 with History categories.

How did sport and festival affect the ancient Greek city? How did the values of athletics pervade Greek culture? This collection of fifteen new studies from an international cast took its inspiration from the exceptional Sydney Olympics of 2000. The focus here is on the ancient world, but additionally there is a sophisticated look at how Greek artefacts linked with sport can best be presented to the modern world.

Athletics And Games Of The Ancient Greeks

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Author : Edward Marwick Plummer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898

Athletics And Games Of The Ancient Greeks written by Edward Marwick Plummer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Athletics categories.

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.

Ancient Greek Athletics

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Author : Charles H. Stocking
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021

Ancient Greek Athletics written by Charles H. Stocking and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Literary Criticism categories.

Présentation de l'éditeur : "This work presents a collection of texts in translation on ancient athletics in Greek and Roman history, including a wide range of topics from the Olympics to ancient conceptions of health and wellness."