Sport in the Greek and Roman Worlds: Volume 1
Early Greece, The Olympics, and Contests
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- Edition number and title :Greek and Roman Sports VOL 1 (ORCS)
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 31 July 2014
- ISBN 9780199215317
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 224x144x29 mm
- Weight 552 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 54: 38 halftones, 16 line 0
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Short description:
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.
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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.
A companion second volume complements this one with studies on the social and economic aspects of Greek sport, the role of Greek sport in the Roman era, and forms, functions and venues of Roman spectacles. 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.
These volumes assemble a notable array of scholarly treatments ranging across a great many aspects of ancient sport, and they are valuable for what they reveal about the past. But perhaps their greater value is less explicit: despite the disparities, the very continuation of sport and competition through the long centuries demonstrates the continuities of human nature lurking beneath cultural and historical differences. The desire to strive, to compete, and to triumph has been common to all ages.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Greek Sports: Heroes and Origins
Introduction
Women, Bull Sports, Cults and Initiation in Minoan Crete
Athletic Contests in the Epic
Athletic Cults in Ancient Greece: political topic, mythical discourse
Greek Sports: Contesting the Olympics
Introduction
Olympia. The Place of the Contests in the Cult of Zeus Olympios
Athlete and State: Qualifying for the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece
Olympic Victors and the Popularity of the Games in the Imperial Period
Greek Sports: Enigmas and Solutions of the Contests
Introduction
Turns and Lanes in the Ancient Stadium
Watching and Winning the Greek Pentathlon
Equestrian Competition in Ancient Greece: Difference, Dissent, Democracy
Bibliography
Index
