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A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity

Christesen, Paul

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Descrizione A *Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity. - 1st ed
Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014
©2014. - 1 online resource (752 pages)
Note Formato pdf/epub - Accesso riservato secondo le condizioni contrattuali https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unibo/detail.action?docID=4036772
ISBN 9781118610053
9781444339529
Collana Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Series
Primo Autore
Christesen, Paul
Autore secondario
Kyle, Donald G.
Note e bibliografia
Anno pubblicazione 2014
Nota di contenuto Intro -- BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Figures -- Maps and Plans -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- General Introduction -- 1 Definitions, Parameters -- 2 The Development of the Field -- 3 The Aims and Design of This Companion -- 4 Organizational Structure: Sections, Parts, and Chapters -- SECTION I: Greece -- PART I : The Background -- CHAPTER 1 : Greek Athletic Competitions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From Funeral Games to Athletic Festivals -- 3 The Historical Ancient Olympics -- 4 The Olympic Program of Contests -- 5 Gymnic Contests -- 6 Hippic Contests -- 7 More Panhellenic Crown Games -- 8 Local or Civic Games -- CHAPTER 2 : Sport in the Aegean Bronze Age -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Prepalatial Crete (c.3100-c.1950 BCE, Early Minoan I-Middle Minoan IA) -- 3 Protopalatial Crete (c.1950-c.1750 BCE, Middle Minoan IB-IIB) -- 4 Neopalatial Crete (c.1750-c.1450 BCE, Middle Minoan IIIA-Late Minoan IB) -- 5 Monopalatial Crete (c.1450-c.1375 BCE, Late Minoan II-IIIA1) -- 6 The Palatial Greek Mainland (c.1425-c.1190 BCE, Late Helladic IIIA1-IIIB2) -- 7 The Postpalatial Aegean (c.1190-c.1020 BCE) -- CHAPTER 3 : Sport in the Early Iron Age and Homeric Epic -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sport in the Material Culture of the Early Iron Age -- 3 Sport in Homeric Epic -- 4 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4 : Representations of Sport in Greek Literature -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Beauty -- 3 Moral Excellence -- 4 Opposition -- 5 Skill -- 6 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5 : Picturing Victory -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Training -- 3 Competition -- 4 Victory -- 5 The Sociopolitical Context -- CHAPTER 6 : Inscriptions as Evidence for Greek Sport -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Gymnasion in Hellenistic and Roman Poleis -- 3 The Agonistic Market -- 4 Associations of Athletes -- 5 Athletes: Social Status and Values. CHAPTER 7 : Recent Trends in the Study of Greek Sport -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Origins and Rise of Greek Sport: Agonism and Ethnicity -- 3 Ancient Olympia -- 4 The Periodos -- 5 Local Games -- 6 Sport, Classes, and Social Change -- 7 The Culture of Greek Sport: Religion, Education, and Ideology -- 8 Macedonia and Hellenistic Greek Sport -- 9 Greek Sport and Rome -- 10 Our Sources: Literary and Material Evidence -- 11 Conclusion -- PART II : Places -- CHAPTER 8 : Panhellenic Athletics at Olympia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Olympia as a "Panhellenic" Sanctuary -- 3 Olympia as an Extra-Urban Sanctuary of Elis -- 4 Tensions Arising from the Double Nature of Olympia -- 5 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 9 : Sport and Society in Sparta -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Spartan Sport in the Classical Period -- 3 Sport and Society in Sparta in the Classical Period: Introduction -- 4 Sport and Society in Sparta in the Classical Period: Socialization and Coercion -- 5 Sport and Society in Sparta in the Classical Period: Consensus -- 6 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 10 : Sport, Society, and Politics in Athens -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sport in Archaic Athens: Precursors and the Great Panathenaia -- 3 Athletes in Greek Society -- 4 Athenian Sociopolitical Sport History -- 5 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 11 : Athletic Festivals in the Northern Peloponnese and Central Greece -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Pythian Games at Delphi -- 3 The Isthmian Games -- 4 The Nemean Games -- 5 The Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt Lykaion in Arcadia -- 6 Conclusion: A Question of Priority -- CHAPTER 12 : Sport and Society in the Greek West -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sport in the Greek West: Croton -- 3 Sport in the Greek West: Taras -- 4 Gela, Syracuse, and Akragas: The Deinomenids and Emmenids -- 5 Conclusion -- PART III : People, Settings, Ideas.... 4 A Clubhouse for the Guild of Athletes