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Contemporary athletics & ancient Greek ideals / Daniel A. Dombrowski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dombrowski, Daniel A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Philosophy.
- Sports.
- Sports--Greece.
- Greece.
- Sports in literature.
- Greek literature.
- Greece--Civilization.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 167 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Contemporary athletics and ancient Greek ideals
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- The ancient background
- Weiss and the pursuit of bodily excellence
- Huizinga and the homo ludens hypothesis
- Feezell, moderation, and irony
- The process of becoming virtuous.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-162) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226155463
- 0226155463
- OCLC:
- 245535692
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