Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World

Informationen zum Autor Donald G. Kyle is Professor, former Chair of History, and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is the author of Athletics in Ancient Athens (1987), Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome (1998), Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World (Wiley-Blackwell 2007); and co-editor (with Paul Christesen) of A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity (Wiley-Blackwell 2014). Klappentext The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World provides an updated introduction to over 2,000 years of ancient history on this topic. Author Donald G. Kyle takes readers from the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East, through Greek and Hellenistic times, and up to the waning days of the Roman Empire. Kyle continues to challenge traditional scholarship in the field, supporting his claims with new research and new interpretation of ancient sources. Featuring more illustrations and a larger, more accessible format, the second edition is updated with the most recent scholarship and features an all-new chapter highlighting sport and spectacle during the Late Roman period. This edition also provides summaries of new discoveries such as bull-jumping mosaics in the Nile Delta, and insights into Greek athletic festivals from letters by the Roman emperor Hadrian. Clear and engaging, Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World, Second Edition is an invaluable resource for students and readers of all levels. Zusammenfassung The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle s award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments ixList of Figures xiiList of Maps xvList of Tables xviIntroduction: Ancient Sport History 1Why Sport History? 4Word Games: Conceptualizing Sport and Spectacle 7Challenges: Evidence, Chronology, and Modernism 9Sports and Spectacles as Cultural Performances 14Greece and Rome: Positive and Negative Classicism 15Sports as Spectacle, Spectacles as Sport 161 Origins and Essences: Early Sport and Spectacle 22Mesopotamian Combat Sports and Running 24Egypt: Hunting and Sporting Pharaohs 26Royal Hunts as a Near Eastern Tradition 32States and Sports, Empires and Spectacles 332 Late Bronze Age Minoans, Hittites, and Mycenaeans 37Minoan Performances: Rites, Contests, or Spectacles? 37Hittite Contests? 44Mycenaean Contests? 46A Sporting Mediterranean World 493 Sport in Homer: Contests, Prizes, and Honor 53Homer and His World 54Values and Competition 55Prizes and Spectatorship 56Funeral Games for Patroklos: Prizes and Reconciliation 56The Odyssey: Sport and Returning Home 63Epic Sport as Spectacle 674 Archaic Greece: Athletics in an Age of Change 70Athletic Festivals: Types and Terms 72Factors and Features in the Growth of Athletics 73Gymnasiums, Hoplites, and Society 81Nudity, Status, and Democracy 82Men, Boys, and Erotic Pursuits 85The Coming of Age of Greek Sport 875 In Search of the Ancient Olympics 91The Olympics of Allusion and Illusion 92Modern Myths and Invented Traditions 95The Quagmire of Olympic Origins: Explanations and Excavations 976 Ancient Olympia and Its Games 107The Physical Context: Sanctuary and Facilities 108The Olympic Festival: Operation and Administration 111The Program of Contests 114Olympia and Spectacle: Politics, Problems, and Performances 1237 Panhellenic Sacred Crown Games and More 132Pythian Games 133Isthmian Games 136Nemean Games 138Variations: Local or Civic Games 1438 Athens: City of Contests and Prizes 147The Panathenaic Games: Sacred and Civic Athletics 148More Athletic Festivals and Athletic Facilities 159The Sociopolitical History of Athenian Sport 161Contestation, Critics, and Popular Attitudes 1659 Spartan Sport and Physical Education 175Pro...

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgments ix
 
List of Figures xii
 
List of Maps xv
 
List of Tables xvi
 
Introduction: Ancient Sport History 1
 
Why Sport History? 4
 
Word Games: Conceptualizing Sport and Spectacle 7
 
Challenges: Evidence, Chronology, and Modernism 9
 
Sports and Spectacles as Cultural Performances 14
 
Greece and Rome: Positive and Negative Classicism 15
 
Sports as Spectacle, Spectacles as Sport 16
 
1 Origins and Essences: Early Sport and Spectacle 22
 
Mesopotamian Combat Sports and Running 24
 
Egypt: Hunting and Sporting Pharaohs 26
 
Royal Hunts as a Near Eastern Tradition 32
 
States and Sports, Empires and Spectacles 33
 
2 Late Bronze Age Minoans, Hittites, and Mycenaeans 37
 
Minoan Performances: Rites, Contests, or Spectacles? 37
 
Hittite Contests? 44
 
Mycenaean Contests? 46
 
A Sporting Mediterranean World 49
 
3 Sport in Homer: Contests, Prizes, and Honor 53
 
Homer and His World 54
 
Values and Competition 55
 
Prizes and Spectatorship 56
 
Funeral Games for Patroklos: Prizes and Reconciliation 56
 
The Odyssey: Sport and Returning Home 63
 
Epic Sport as Spectacle 67
 
4 Archaic Greece: Athletics in an Age of Change 70
 
Athletic Festivals: Types and Terms 72
 
Factors and Features in the Growth of Athletics 73
 
Gymnasiums, Hoplites, and Society 81
 
Nudity, Status, and Democracy 82
 
Men, Boys, and Erotic Pursuits 85
 
The Coming of Age of Greek Sport 87
 
5 In Search of the Ancient Olympics 91
 
The Olympics of Allusion and Illusion 92
 
Modern Myths and Invented Traditions 95
 
The Quagmire of Olympic Origins: Explanations and Excavations 97
 
6 Ancient Olympia and Its Games 107
 
The Physical Context: Sanctuary and Facilities 108
 
The Olympic Festival: Operation and Administration 111
 
The Program of Contests 114
 
Olympia and Spectacle: Politics, Problems, and Performances 123
 
7 Panhellenic Sacred Crown Games and More 132
 
Pythian Games 133
 
Isthmian Games 136
 
Nemean Games 138
 
Variations: Local or Civic Games 143
 
8 Athens: City of Contests and Prizes 147
 
The Panathenaic Games: Sacred and Civic Athletics 148
 
More Athletic Festivals and Athletic Facilities 159
 
The Sociopolitical History of Athenian Sport 161
 
Contestation, Critics, and Popular Attitudes 165
 
9 Spartan Sport and Physical Education 175
 
Problematic Evidence 176
 
Physical Education: Building the Body Politic 176
 
Spartan Athletics 181
 
Kyniska: Gender, Politics, and Racing Chariots at Olympia 184
 
Not So Strange Greeks 185
 
10 Athletes in Greek Society: Heroes, Motives, Access 190
 
Athletic Stars and Stories 191
 
Pindar on Victory and Glory 194
 
Athletes, Social History, and Democratization 197
 
The Lower Half of Society: Not Excluded But Not Competing? 202
 
Meritocratic Athletics in Practice 203
 
Conclusion 204
 
11 Females and Greek Sport 209
 
The Ancient Evidence: Problems and Perspectives 210
 
Early Greece: Epic and Myth 211
 
Spartan Female Sport 211
 
Athenian Girls' Races or Rites 212
 
The Heraia at Olympia 212
 
The Olympic Ban on Women 214
 
Hellenistic Females and Competition 215
 
Female Athletics in the Roman Empire 217
 
Conclusion: from Rites to Athletics 219
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Product details

• Authors: Kyle, Dg Kyle, Donald G Kyle, Donald G. Kyle, Donald G. (University of Texas at Arlington Kyle, Kyle Donald G.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.12.2014
• EAN: 9781118613566
• ISBN: 978-1-118-61356-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Ancient Cultures; Ancient Cultures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Archäologie, Antike, Lifestyle, Sport, sports, Klassisches Altertum, ancient culture, Lifestyles, Classical Studies, Humanistische Studien, Ancient & Classical History, Antike u. klassische Geschichte