Athletics in the Ancient WorldCourier Corporation, 1 nov 2002 - 246 pagine This comprehensive text focuses mostly on athletics in classical Greece and Rome, emphasizing the relationship between athletics and religion, art, and education. Also discussed are such events as throwing the discus and javelin, the pentathlon, the stadium and the foot-race, jumping, wrestling, boxing, ball play, and a Greek athletic festival. According to the Times (London) Literary Supplement, the book "should command the attention not only of classical scholars but of all who are interested in athletics for their own sake; and for such readers, [the author] has spared no pains to make his work intelligible." Unabridged republication of Athletics of the Ancient World, originally published by the Oxford University Press, London, 1930. 137 black-and-white illustrations. Bibliography. Index and Glossary. |
Sommario
INTRODUCTION THE MEANING OF ATHLETICS | 1 |
SPORTS OF THE ANCIENT EAST | 4 |
ATHLETICS IN HOMER | 18 |
ATHLETICS AND RELIGION | 28 |
ATHLETICS AND ART | 53 |
ATHLETICS AND EDUCATION | 72 |
PROFESSIONALISM | 97 |
ROMAN SPORTS | 115 |
JUMPING | 142 |
THROWING THE DISKOS | 152 |
THROWING THE JAVELIN | 167 |
THE PENTATHLON | 175 |
WRESTLING | 179 |
BOXING | 195 |
THE PANKRATION | 210 |
BALL PLAY | 228 |
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