Greek Athletics in the Roman World - Victory And Virtue

Zusatztext [a] solid work(s) of scholarship...remind(s) us of the hard and physical aspect of ancient culture, too often centred on warlike competitiveness. Informationen zum Autor Zahra Newby is Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick. Klappentext The enduring importance of Greek athletic training and competition during the period of the Roman Empire has been a neglected subject in past scholarship on the ancient world. This book examines the impact that Greek athletics had on the Roman world! approaching it through the plentiful surviving visual evidence! viewed against textual and epigraphic sources. It shows that the traditional picture of Roman hostility has been much exaggerated. Instead Greek athletics came to exercise a profound influence upon Roman spectacle and bathing culture. In the Greek east of the empire too! athletics continued to thrive! providing Greek cities with a crucial means of asserting their cultural identity while also accommodating Roman imperial power. Zusammenfassung The Greeks' fascination with athletics in the gymnasium and festivals, such as the Olympic Games is well known. This book looks at the art associated with Greek athletics to see what it meant to both Greeks and Romans during the period of the Roman Empire. It argues that athletics continued to act as a crucial sign of Greek identity.

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• Authors: Zahra Newby, Zahra (Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick) Newby, Newby Zahra
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2005
• EAN: 9780199279302
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927930-2
• No. of pages: 314
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 248 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation; Oxford Studies in Ancient Cult; Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation; Oxford Studies in Ancient Cult; Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation
• Subjects: Guides > Sport; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE