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The Oxford handbook of sport & spectacle in the ancient world / edited by Alison Futrell, Thomas F. Scanlon.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford handbooks online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Greece--History--To 1500.
- Sports.
- Sports--Rome--History--To 1500.
- Games--Greece.
- Games.
- History.
- Greece.
- Sports--History--To 1500.
- Games--History--To 1500.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 738 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Handbook of sport & spectacle in the ancient world
- Sport & spectacle in the ancient world
- Sport and spectacle in the ancient world
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This Handbook presents innovative research on sport and spectacle in ancient Greece and Rome, exploring historical perspectives, contest forms, and civic and social aspects such as class, spaces, health, gender, and sexuality. Greek and Roman topics are interwoven to simulate contest-like tensions and complementarities between the two cultures.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 8, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191834066
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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