Sport and Society in Ancient Greece Hardback
by Mark Golden
Part of the Key Themes in Ancient History series
Hardback
Description
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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:230 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:10/09/1998
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- ISBN:9780521496988
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:230 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:10/09/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521496988
