Sport and Society in Ancient Greece. -  GOLDEN, M.,

KORTE INHOUD

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. (Publisher's information).
1998 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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1998 Uitgever: Cambridge University Press 216 paginas Taal: Engels Grootte:  1600x2300 ISBN-10: 0521497906 ISBN-13: 9780521497909