Eternal Olympics Art And History O
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Eternal Olympics Art And History O
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Author : Outlet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989-08-01
Eternal Olympics Art And History O written by Outlet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-08-01 with categories.
The Eternal Olympics
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Author : Νικόλαος Γιαλούρης
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Eternal Olympics written by Νικόλαος Γιαλούρης and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Photography categories.
Kunst, Geschichte, Antike.
The Eternal Olympics
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Author : Νικόλαος Γιαλούρης
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Eternal Olympics written by Νικόλαος Γιαλούρης and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Photography categories.
Kunst, Geschichte, Antike.
The Pentathlon Of The Ancient World
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Author : Frank Zarnowski
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2013-04-19
The Pentathlon Of The Ancient World written by Frank Zarnowski and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-19 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The pentathlon, comprising competition in the discus, javelin, long jump, sprint, and wrestling, was hailed as the ultimate test of athletic versatility and remained a staple of the ancient Greek Olympic Games, Crown Games and Pan-Hellenic festivals for 1,200 years. Still, there is little scholarly consensus over many major aspects of the event. This detailed exploration of the ancient pentathlon discusses the nature of the spectacle, the method of determining a victor, the five sub-events and the order in which they occurred. It also chronicles the history of the event and its champions, the recognition of ancient pentathletes, and the pentathlon's 18-year modern Olympic history and its influence on its contemporary counterpart, the decathlon. A record book and glossary complete this fresh look at one of the ancient world's most renowned sporting competitions.
The Antikythera Mechanism
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Author : Evaggelos G. Vallianatos
language : en
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Release Date : 2021-10-01
The Antikythera Mechanism written by Evaggelos G. Vallianatos and has been published by Universal-Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-01 with History categories.
In Antikythera Mechanism: The Story Behind the Genius of the Greek Computer and Its Demise, Evaggelos Vallianatos, historian and ecopolitical theorist, shows that after the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great in the late fourth century BCE, the Greeks, especially in Egypt, reached unprecedented heights of achievements in science, technology, and civilization. The Antikythera Mechanism, an astronomical computer probably crafted in Rhodes in the second century BCE, was proof of that prowess. It’s the grandfather of our computers. Greek sponge divers discovered the Antikythera Mechanism in 1900 on a 2,100-year-old Roman-era shipwreck. The hand-powered device reveals a sophisticated Greek technology previously unknown to scholars and historians, not seen and understood again until the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The book not only describes how the sophisticated political and technological infrastructure of the Greeks after Alexander the Great resulted in the Antikythera celestial computer, and the bedrock of science and technology we know today, but also how the influence of Christianity on Greek civilization destroyed the nascent computer age of ancient Greece. Vallianatos, born in Greece and educated in America, is a historian, author, and journalist. He is a passionate champion of Greek culture and a well-suited guide to this historical account. Vallianatos explains how and why Greek scientists employed advanced engineering in translating the beautiful conception of the Antikythera Mechanism into an astronomical computer of genius: a bronze-geared device of mathematical astronomy, predicting the eclipses of the Sun and the Moon; calculating the risings and settings of important stars and constellations, and the movements of the planets around the Sun; while mechanizing the predictions of scientific theories. The computer’s accurate calendar connected these cosmic phenomena to the Olympics and other major Panhellenic religious and athletic celebrations, bringing the Greeks closer to their gods, traditions, and the Cosmos.
The Manly Art
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Author : Elliott J. Gorn
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2010
The Manly Art written by Elliott J. Gorn and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Updated edition of this "exciting narrative history of boxing" (The Nation).
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.
From the identity of Greek athletes and the place of Greek games in the Roman era to forms, functions, and venues of Roman spectacles, this second volume of Sport in the Greek and Roman Worlds contains eleven articles and chapters of enduring importance to the study of ancient Greek and Roman sport, a field located at a crucial intersection of social history, archaeology, literature, and other aspects of those cultures. The studies have been updated with addenda by the original authors, and four of the articles that were originally published in German have been translated into English here for the first time. The studies, selected for breadth and importance of historical topics, include: the economics, status, gender, and training of ancient athletes; the place of Greek athletes in the Roman era; the evolution of Roman games from Etruscan customs and of the Roman arena from earlier traditions; the monetary prices of gladiators; the role of animal games in Rome; and the Roman team sport of chariot racing. A companion first volume complements this one with studies on 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. The articles in both volumes offer an excellent starting point to inspire newcomers to the study of ancient sport, and to give students and scholars an informative set of models for present knowledge and future research.
Making Sense Of Sports
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Author : Ellis Cashmore
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-09-13
Making Sense Of Sports written by Ellis Cashmore and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-13 with Social Science categories.
Updated, revised and enhanced with new features, the fifth edition of Making Sense of Sports is the biggest and strongest yet. Ellis Cashmore's unique multidisciplinary approach to the study of sports remains the only introduction to combine anthropology, biology, economics, history, philosophy, psychology and sociology with cultural and media studies to produce a distinct unbroken vision of the origins, development and current state of sports. New chapters on exercise culture and the moral climate of sports support a thoroughly overhauled text that includes fresh material on Islam, sports commerce and corruption. Now packed with teaching supplements, including access to a dedicated online resource headquarters with video podcasts of twenty-one chapter outlines from the author (http://tinyurl.com/373oyvr), online quizzes, and an additional twenty-first chapter on depression and mental health in sports and exercise, the new edition contains a cornucopia of thought boxes, as well as guides to further reading, capsule explanations and model essays. In short, Making Sense of Sports is an all-purpose introduction to the study of sports.
Thebaid
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Author : Statius
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-15
Thebaid written by Statius and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-15 with Poetry categories.
The Thebaid, a Latin epic in twelve books by Statius (c. 45–96 C. E.) reexamines events following the abdication of Oedipus, focusing on the civil war between the brothers Eteocles, King of Thebes, and Polynices, who comes at the head of an army from Argos to claim his share of royal power. The poem is long—each of the twelve books comprises over eight hundred lines—and complex, and it exploits a broad range of literary works, both Greek and Latin. Severely curtailed though he was by the emperor Domitian and his Reign of Terror, Statius nevertheless created a meditation on autocratic rule that is still of political interest today. Popular in its own time and much admired in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance—most notably by Dante and Chaucer—the poem fell into obscurity and has, for readers of English, been poorly served by translators. Statius composed his poem in dactylic hexameters, the supreme verse form in antiquity. In his hands, this venerable line is flexible, capable of subtle emphases and dramatic shifts in tempo; it is an expressive, responsive medium. In this new and long-awaited translation the poet Jane Wilson Joyce employs a loose, six-beat line in her English translation, which allows her to reveal something of the original rhythm and of the interplay between sentence structure and verse framework. The clarity of Joyce's translation highlights the poem's superb versification, sophisticated use of intertextuality, and bold formal experimentation and innovation. A substantial introduction and annotations make this epic accessible to students of all levels.
The Athenian Experiment
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Author : Greg Anderson
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2003
The Athenian Experiment written by Greg Anderson and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
This book rewrites the political and public history of Athens