Sport and Society in Ancient Greece Paperback / softback
by Mark (University of Winnipeg, Canada) Golden
Part of the Key Themes in Ancient History series
Paperback / softback
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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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:232 pages, 6 Tables, unspecified; 9 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:10/09/1998
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- ISBN:9780521497909
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:232 pages, 6 Tables, unspecified; 9 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:10/09/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521497909
