Sport And Recreation In Ancient Greece
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Author |
: Waldo E. Sweet |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 300 |
Release |
: 1987 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195041262 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195041267 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece by : Waldo E. Sweet
Intended for readers at all levels--from student to classics buff to serious scholar--this sourcebook looks at sport and recreation in ancient Greece through vivid new translations of contemporary accounts. Covering such diverse topics as the ancient Olympic games, athletic attire, women in sports, hunting and fishing, and weight lifting, the book provides an excellent springboard for the study of ancient Greek history and classical literature. The book includes study questions after each translated passage and a rich assortment of photographs of ancient art and artifacts depicting players, events, and equipment.
Author |
: Mark Golden |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 1998-09-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521497906 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521497909 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sport and Society in Ancient Greece by : Mark Golden
Sport and Society in Ancient Greece provides a concise and readable introduction to ancient Greek sport. It covers such topics as the links between sport, religion and warfare, the origins and history of the Olympic games, and the spirit of competition among the Greeks. Its main focus, however, is on Greek sport as an arena for the creation and expression of difference among individuals and groups. Sport not only identified winners and losers. It also drew boundaries between groups (Greeks and barbarians, boys and men, males and females) and offered a field for debate on the relative worth of athletic and equestrian competition. The book includes guides to the ancient evidence and to modern scholarship on the subject.
Author |
: Stephen Gaylord Miller |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 310 |
Release |
: 2004-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0300115296 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780300115291 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ancient Greek Athletics by : Stephen Gaylord Miller
Presenting a survey of sports in ancient Greece, this work describes ancient sporting events and games. It considers the role of women and amateurs in ancient athletics, and explores the impact of these games on art, literature and politics.
Author |
: Waldo E. Sweet |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 300 |
Release |
: 1987-10-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195364835 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019536483X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece by : Waldo E. Sweet
Aimed at readers of all levels--from student to classics buff to serious scholars--this sourcebook looks at sport and recreation in ancient Greece through translated accounts of ancient Greek and Latin authors. It examines such diversions as the ancient Olympic Games, athletic clothing, women in sports, dining, dancing, and fishing. Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece offers a wide range of topics geared to students' interests, new translations into readable English that facilitate their introduction to the subject, and a rich assortment of illustrations. The questions following each translation help students understand the passages, while the presentation of contradictory evidence challenges them to evaluate different points of view, both in the study of ancient culture and in their own daily lives. Successfully tested in college classrooms for a ten years, this book provides an excellent springboard for the study of ancient Greek history, classical literature, or sports history.
Author |
: Reyes Bertolín Cebrián |
Publisher |
: University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages |
: 247 |
Release |
: 2020-07-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780806167589 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0806167580 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Athlete in the Ancient Greek World by : Reyes Bertolín Cebrián
In the world of sports, the most important component is the athlete. After all, without athletes there would be no sports. In ancient Greece, athletes were public figures, idolized and envied. This fascinating book draws on a broad range of ancient sources to explore the development of athletes in Greece from the archaic period to the Roman Empire. Whereas many previous books have focused on the origins of the Greek games themselves, or the events or locations where the games took place, this volume places a unique emphasis on the athletes themselves—and the fostering of their athleticism. Moving beyond stereotypes of larger-than-life heroes, Reyes Bertolín Cebrián examines the experiences of ordinary athletes, who practiced sports for educational, recreational, or professional purposes. According to Bertolín Cebrián, the majority of athletes in ancient times were young men and mostly single. Similar to today, most athletes practiced sport as part of their schooling. Yet during the fifth century B.C., a major shift in ancient Greek education took place, when the curriculum for training future leaders became more academic in orientation. As a result, argues Bertolín Cebrián, the practice of sport in the Hellenistic period lost its appeal to the intellectual elite, even as it remained popular with large sectors of the population. Thus, a gap emerged between the “higher” and “lower” cultures of sport. In looking at the implications of this development for athletes, whether high-performing or recreational, this erudite volume traverses such wide-ranging fields as history, literature, medicine, and sports psychology to recreate—in compelling detail—the life and lifestyle of the ancient Greek athlete.
Author |
: Harold Arthur Harris |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Total Pages |
: 328 |
Release |
: 1972 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0801407184 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780801407185 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sport in Greece and Rome by : Harold Arthur Harris
Author |
: Charles H. Stocking |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 464 |
Release |
: 2021 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198839590 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198839596 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ancient Greek Athletics by : Charles H. Stocking
Présentation de l'éditeur : "This work presents a collection of texts in translation on ancient athletics in Greek and Roman history, including a wide range of topics from the Olympics to ancient conceptions of health and wellness."
Author |
: Edward Marwick Plummer |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 68 |
Release |
: 1898 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015019063299 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Athletics and Games of the Ancient Greeks by : Edward Marwick Plummer
Author |
: Daniel A. Dombrowski |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 175 |
Release |
: 2009-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226155494 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226155498 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Contemporary Athletics & Ancient Greek Ideals by : Daniel A. Dombrowski
Despite their influence in our culture, sports inspire dramatically less philosophical consideration than such ostensibly weightier topics as religion, politics, or science. Arguing that athletic playfulness coexists with serious underpinnings, and that both demand more substantive attention, Daniel Dombrowski harnesses the insights of ancient Greek thinkers to illuminate contemporary athletics. Dombrowski contends that the ideas of Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus shed important light on issues—such as the pursuit of excellence, the concept of play, and the power of accepting physical limitations while also improving one’s body—that remain just as relevant in our sports-obsessed age as they were in ancient Greece. Bringing these concepts to bear on contemporary concerns, Dombrowski considers such questions as whether athletic competition can be a moral substitute for war, whether it necessarily constitutes war by other means, and whether it encourages fascist tendencies or ethical virtue. The first volume to philosophically explore twenty-first-century sport in the context of its ancient predecessor, Contemporary Athletics and Ancient Greek Ideals reveals that their relationship has great and previously untapped potential to inform our understanding of human nature.
Author |
: Reyes Bertolín Cebrián |
Publisher |
: University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages |
: 307 |
Release |
: 2020-07-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780806167572 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0806167572 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Athlete in the Ancient Greek World by : Reyes Bertolín Cebrián
In the world of sports, the most important component is the athlete. After all, without athletes there would be no sports. In ancient Greece, athletes were public figures, idolized and envied. This fascinating book draws on a broad range of ancient sources to explore the development of athletes in Greece from the archaic period to the Roman Empire. Whereas many previous books have focused on the origins of the Greek games themselves, or the events or locations where the games took place, this volume places a unique emphasis on the athletes themselves—and the fostering of their athleticism. Moving beyond stereotypes of larger-than-life heroes, Reyes Bertolín Cebrián examines the experiences of ordinary athletes, who practiced sports for educational, recreational, or professional purposes. According to Bertolín Cebrián, the majority of athletes in ancient times were young men and mostly single. Similar to today, most athletes practiced sport as part of their schooling. Yet during the fifth century B.C., a major shift in ancient Greek education took place, when the curriculum for training future leaders became more academic in orientation. As a result, argues Bertolín Cebrián, the practice of sport in the Hellenistic period lost its appeal to the intellectual elite, even as it remained popular with large sectors of the population. Thus, a gap emerged between the “higher” and “lower” cultures of sport. In looking at the implications of this development for athletes, whether high-performing or recreational, this erudite volume traverses such wide-ranging fields as history, literature, medicine, and sports psychology to recreate—in compelling detail—the life and lifestyle of the ancient Greek athlete.