The Crown Games of Ancient Greece - Archaeology, Athletes, and Heroes

"The Crown Games offered a rare point of cultural unity amid the wide geography and fierce regional independence of the ancient world. This volume focuses on these festivals in the context of the ancient Greek world-a vast and sprawling territory that stretched from modern Spain to the Black Sea and North Africa"--

Summary

The Crown Games were the apex of competition in ancient Greece. Along with athletic contests in honor of Zeus at Olympia, they comprised the Pythian Games for Apollo at Delphi, the Isthmian Games for Poseidon, and the Neman Games, sacred to Zeus. This book examines these festivals in the context of the ancient Greek world.

Product details

• Authors: David Lunt
• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781682262016
• ISBN: 978-1-68226-201-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 227 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 288 g
• Series: Sport, Culture, and Society
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity