Nigel B Crowther (55 results)

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Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. 1985, pp73-136, November-December 1985, Volume 79, No. 2, Whole No. 1448, light shelfwear to cover, contents clean & unmarked.

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very minor shelfwear.; 73-136 pp; The Classical World. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1985. Volume 79, No. 2; 63 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very minor shelfwear.; 497-560 pp; The Classical World. MAY-JUNE 1985. Volume 78, No. 5; 63 pages.

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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 Chinese 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.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 183 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Condition: New. pp. 210 Reprint edition.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 183 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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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. Panhellenic 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. …

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Hardcover. 8vo. pp: xxiii, 183. First edition. Original publisher's red, white and black illustrated boards with white lettering at spine. Illustrated throughout with figures in black and white. ISBN: 9780275987398 Compact, internally and externally clean copy. Near fine.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. xxiii, 183p.