Athletics and Literature in the Roman Empire

Informationen zum Autor Jason König is Lecturer in Greek and Classical Studies at the University of St. Andrews. He has written articles on a wide range of Greek authors from the Imperial period. Klappentext Examination of Greek athletics in the Roman Empire and how they were represented in the literature of the period. Zusammenfassung Greek athletics flourished more in the Roman Empire than it ever had before. This book offers an exciting cultural history of the athletics of that period! setting out neglected evidence for athletic festivals and athletic education. It offers readings of a wide range of Greek and Latin authors. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Lucian and Anacharsis: gymnasion education in the Greek city; 3. Models for virtue: Dio's Melankomas and the athletic body; 4. Pausanias and Olympic panhellenism; 5. Silius Italicus and the athletics of Rome; 6. Athletes and doctors: Galen's agonistic medicine; 7. Philostratus' Gymnasticus and the rhetoric of the athletic body; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Konig Jason, Jason K. Nig, Jason Nig Jason K. Nig, Jason K¿nig, Jason (University of St Andrews Koenig, Jason Konig
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2008
• EAN: 9780521070089
• ISBN: 978-0-521-07008-9
• No. of pages: 420
• Series: Greek Culture in the Roman Wor
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies