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Informationen zum Autor THE EDITORS Paul Christesen is Professor of Classics at Dartmouth College, USA. He is the author of Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds (2012), Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History (2007), and numerous articles and chapters on Greek historiography, ancient Greek history, and ancient sport. Donald G. Kyle is Professor and former Chair of History at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. He is the author of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome (1998), Athletics in Ancient Athens (1987), and numerous articles and chapters on ancient sport history. Klappentext A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity presents a series of essays that apply a socio-historical perspective to myriad aspects of ancient sport and spectacle.* Covers the Bronze Age to the Byzantine Empire* Includes contributions from a range of international scholars with various Classical antiquity specialties* Goes beyond the usual concentrations on Olympia and Rome to examine sport in cities and territories throughout the Mediterranean basin* Features a variety of illustrations, maps, end-of-chapter references, internal cross-referencing, and a detailed index to increase accessibility and assist researchers Zusammenfassung A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity presents a series of original essays that apply a socio-historical perspective to myriad aspects of ancient sport and spectacle. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures ix List of Maps and Plans xiii Notes on Contributors xv Acknowledgments xxi General Introduction 1 Paul Christesen and Donald G. Kyle Section I Greece 17 Part I The Background 19 1 Greek Athletic Competitions: The Ancient Olympics and More 21 Donald G. Kyle 2 Sport in the Aegean Bronze Age 36 Jeremy Rutter 3 Sport in the Early Iron Age and Homeric Epic 53 Timothy P. J. Perry 4 Representations of Sport in Greek Literature 68 Nigel Nicholson 5 Picturing Victory: Representations of Sport in Greek Art 81 Jenifer Neils 6 Inscriptions as Evidence for Greek Sport 98 H. W. Pleket 7 Recent Trends in the Study of Greek Sport 112 Ingomar Weiler Part II Places 131 8 Panhellenic Athletics at Olympia 133 Thomas Heine Nielsen 9 Sport and Society in Sparta 146 Paul Christesen 10 Sport, Society, and Politics in Athens 159 Donald G. Kyle 11 Athletic Festivals in the Northern Peloponnese and Central Greece 176 David Gilman Romano 12 Sport and Society in the Greek West 192 Carla M. Antonaccio Part III People, Settings, Ideas 209 13 Sport and Democratization in Ancient Greece (with an Excursus on Athletic Nudity) 211 Paul Christesen 14 Growing Up with Greek Sport: Education and Athletics 236 Werner Petermandl 15 Eros and Greek Sport 246 Andrew Lear 16 Greek Female Sport: Rites, Running, and Racing 258 Donald G. Kyle 17 People on the Fringes of Greek Sport 276 Christian Mann 18 The Greek Stadium as a Reflection of a Changing Society 287 Stephen G. Miller 19 The Social Life of Greek Athletic Facilities (other than Stadia) 295 Michael Scott 20 The Role of Religion in Greek Sport 309 Sarah C. Murray 21 Ancient Critics of Greek Sport 320 Zinon Papakonstantinou 22 Sport, Spectacle, and Society in Ancient Macedonia 332 Winthrop Lindsay Adams Part IV Later Greek Sport and Spectacle 347 23 G...
