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Published by Classical Assoc. of the Atlantic States, Pittsburgh, PA 1985
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A lively survey encompassing the Orient, the Americas, and the classical worldFrom the Olympic Games of Greece to the gladiatorial contests of Rome, sport in the ancient world was fiercely competitive and included a wider range of physical contests than we moderns might suspect. The early Ch…inese played forms of polo and golf, while half a world away, Hohokam and Maya Indians enjoyed team ball games.Nigel Crowther, a leading authority on classical Greek sport, here casts his net over the entire ancient world to reveal the variety, and often the intensity, of sport in earlier times, from 3000 b.c.e. to the Middle Ages. Taking in twenty premodern societies on five continents--with particular emphasis on ancient Greece and Rome and the Byzantine Empire--he traces connections to modern sporting attitudes, practices, and institutions as he describes how athletics figured in cultural arenas that extended beyond physical prowess to ritual, social status, military associations, and politics.Crowther takes us back to the birth of sumo wrestling in Japan and describes the sports of the Sumerians and Hittites.He documents bull leaping and boxing as recorded on pottery in Crete, as well as running and archery as practiced by the pharaohs in Egypt. He shows the significance of the early Olympic Games, describes the Romans' use of gladiatorial contests for political ends, and analyzes the influence of Byzantine chariot racing on society. He also notes the changing role of women in ancient sports--from their prominence in Egyptian contests, to the mythological Atalanta, to female Roman gladiators.As informative as it is entertaining, Sport in Ancient Times opens new vistas for general readers, students, and sport historians. It offers a broad look at ancient sport and will enrich readers' appreciation of games they enjoy today. A lively survey encompassing the Orient, the Americas, and the classical world Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World
Phillips, David J. (EDT); Pritchard, David (EDT); Brown, Ben (CON); Crowther, Nigel B. (CON); da Costa, Kate (CON)
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Published by Pittsburgh : Duquesne University May-June 1985. 1985
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Original softcover. Condition: Sehr gut. [497 - 560 p.] From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Occasional pen markings, otherwise very good and clean. - CONTENTS: I. Introduction -- II. General -- III. Prehistoric and Epic -- IV. Panhe…llenic Festivals -- A. Olympia -- 1. Excavations, Buildings, Inscriptions -- 2. Origins -- 3. General -- 4. The Register -- 5. Other -- B. Delphi -- C. Isthmia -- D. Nemea -- V. Athens -- VI. Other Greek Festivals -- VII. Italian Festivals. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 The Classical World. Special Survey Issue. Vol. 78, No. 5.
Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World
Phillips, David J. (EDT); Pritchard, David (EDT); Brown, Ben (CON); Crowther, Nigel B. (CON); da Costa, Kate (CON)
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Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World
Phillips, David J. (EDT); Pritchard, David (EDT); Brown, Ben (CON); Crowther, Nigel B. (CON); da Costa, Kate (CON)
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Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World
Phillips, David J. (EDT); Pritchard, David (EDT); Brown, Ben (CON); Crowther, Nigel B. (CON); da Costa, Kate (CON)
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Hardback. Condition: New. Crowther offers a fascinating look at the role of sport as practiced in several important civilizations in the ancient world. He not only probes the games themselves, but explores the ways in which athletics figured into cultural arenas that extended beyond physical prowess to military associations, rit…uals, status, and politics. Sport in Ancient Times has four distinct parts: the Prehistoric Age, historic Greece, ancient Italy, and the Byzantine Empire. Beginning with the earliest civilizations, Crowther examines the military and recreational aspects of sports in prehistoric Egypt, with brief references to other river-valley cultures in Sumeria, Mesopotamia, and Persia. He looks at the rituals of Cretan bull-leaping and boxing in the Bronze Age, the high status of sports in Mycenaean Greece, and the funeral games in the Trojan War as described by the epic poet Homer.In what he terms the historic period, Crowther examines the significance of the ancient Olympic Games, the events of Greek athletics, and the attitude of other civilizations (notably Rome) towards them. He attempts to discover to what extent the Romans believed in the famous ideal of Juvenal, a sound mind in a sound body, and discusses the significance of the famous Baths not only for sport, but also for culture and society. He likewise explores the Roman emphasis on spectator sports and the use of gladiatorial contests and chariot racing for political purposes (the concept of bread and games). The section on the Byzantine Empire focuses, notably, on chariot racing and the riots at sporting contests-riots reminiscent of crowd violence in modern sports such as soccer.Crowther closes with perspectives that bring to life some of the issues revealed in previous chapters. These include a comparison of the social status and significance of a famous Olympic athlete (Milo), a Roman gladiator (Hermes), and a Byzantine chariot racer (Porphyrius). He also addresses the changing role of women in sports in antiquity. Women were prominent in sport in Egypt, for example, but almost entirely absent from the ancient Olympic Games. The final chapter discusses team sports and ball games. Although these were comparatively rare in the ancient world, one may see in those that did exist the forerunners of modern football and hockey.
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