Sport and festival in the ancient Greek world / edited by David J. Phillips and David Pritchard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Phillips, David J.

Pritchard, David

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Social aspects--Greece.

Sports.

Sports--Greece--History.

Festivals--Greece--History.

Festivals.

History.

Sports--Social aspects.

Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 416 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Swansea : Classical Press of Wales ; Oakville, CT : dist. in the U.S. by David Brown Book Co., [2003]

Contents:

Part I Olympia and the Olympics

1. The organization and functioning of the Olympic Games / Stephen Miller 1

2. The German excavations at Olympia: An introduction / Helmut Kyrieleis, Translated by Suzanne Binder 41

3. Elis and Olympia: City, sanctuary and politics / Nigel B. Crowther 61

Part II Athletic Poetry and Olympic Mythology

4. Victory statue, victory song: Pindar's agonistic poetics and its legacy / Patrick O'Sullivan 75

5. Olympia and the chariot-race of Pelops / John Davidson 101

Part III The Origins of Athletic and Choral Competitions

6. Homer, funeral contests and the origins of the Greek city / Ben Brown 123

7. The politics of dance: Dithyrambic contest and social order in ancient Greece / Peter Wilson 163

Part IV Athens and its Festivals

8. Athenian political history: A Panathenaic perspective / David J. Phillips 197

9. The Parthenon frieze as an idealized, contemporary Panathenaic festival / Tom Stevenson 233

10. The curious matter of the Lenaia festival of 422 BC / Ian C. Storey 281

Part V Athletics, Education and Philosophy

11. Athletics, education and participation in classical Athens / David Pritchard 293

12. Athletics, competition and the intellectual / Harold Tarrant 351

Part VI Curating the Ancient Olympics

13. 1000 Years of the Olympic Games: Treasures of Ancient Greece: The Powerhouse Museum exhibition / Paul Donnelly, Kevin Fewster 365

14. VROOM (Virtual Reconstruction Of Olympia Model): The creation of a virtual tour from a digital model / Kate da Costa, Sarah Kenderdine, Cliff Ogleby, John Ristevski 377

15. 1000 Years of the Olympic Games: Treasures of Ancient Greece: A study of audiences and impact / Carol Scott 395.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0954384512

OCLC:

55666959