Greek athletics / edited by Jason König.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

König, Jason, Author.

Contributor:

König, Jason, editor.

Series:

Edinburgh readings on the ancient world.

Edinburgh readings on the ancient world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Greece--History.

Sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 329 pages) : illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Athletic training and athletic competition were key features of ancient Greek life for more than 1,000 years, from the foundation of the Olympic festival in the eighth century BC into the Roman period. Recent years have seen an enormous growth in scholarship on the subject, and in undergraduate teaching, but many seminal articles remain inaccessible, especially to English-speaking readers. This volume brings together for the first time a collection of important pieces and extracts on core themes, covering gymnasium education, festival competition and victory, the role of athletic activity in conceptions of ancient identity, and the reception of the ancient athletic heritage in the modern world. FeaturesFour of the twelve pieces are translated for the first time from French and Germancontains an extensive introduction covering key issues for study and researchbrief editorial discussions of each of the articles are included.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Note to the Reader

Abbreviations

Maps

Ancient Greek athletics: an Introduction

PART I Olympia, the Periodos and Panhellenism

Introduction to Part I

1 Sanctuaries, the State and the Individual

2 The So-Called Olympic Peace in ancient Greece

PART II Gymnasion Education

Introduction to Part II

3 Gymnasia and the Democratic Values of Leisure

4 Notes on the Role of the Gymnasion in the Hellenistic City

PART III Festival Foundations

Introduction to Part III

5 Opening address: Eighth International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy

6 Two Greek athletic Contests in Rome

PART IV Competition and victory

Introduction to Part IV

7 Games, Prizes, athletes and Ideology: some aspects of the history of sport in the Greco-Roman world

8 Athletics, Festivals and Greek Identity in the Roman East

PART V: Athletic Representations

Introduction to Part V

9 The Economy of kudos

10 Greek athletics as Roman Spectacle: The Mosaics from Ostia and Rome

PART VI Greek Athletics and the Modern World

Introduction to Part VI

11 First with the Most: Greek athletic Records and ‘Specialisation’

12 E. Norman Gardiner and the Decline of Greek Sport

Guide to Further Reading

Chronology

Glossary

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474469920

1474469922

OCLC:

1302163932