Sport and Society in Ancient Greece (Key Themes in Ancient History) (Paperback)
$33.93 - Save $0.33 - RRP $34.26 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Sport and Society in Ancient Greece A concise introduction to ancient Greek sport.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 10 September 1998
- Format: Paperback 232 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: General & World History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Sport
- ISBN 13: 9780521497909 ISBN 10: 0521497906
- Sales rank: 438,337
Other books
Full description for Sport and Society in Ancient Greece
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.
