Athletics and Aristocracy in Archaic and Classical Greece

Klappentext Athletics represented an important institution through which the Greek aristocracies sought to maintain their privileged political position! with the assistance of charioteers! jockeys and trainers from the lower classes. In the late archaic and early classical period! the relationship between the victors and helpers changed radically! threatening the political value of athletics! and undermining the institution for aristocrats. Nigel Nicholson examines how aristocrats responded to these changes through a study of the significance of victory memorials as a symbol of social struggle in ancient Greece. Zusammenfassung Athletics represented an important institution through which the Greek aristocracies sought to maintain their privileged political position. In this book! Nigel Nicholson examines how aristocrats responded as the relationship between the victors and the helpers changed radically! which threatened the political value of athletics! through a study of victory memorials. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Charioteers, Mule-Cart Drivers and Jockeys: 1. Missing persons; 2. Carrhotus and Cnopiadas; 3. Nicomachus; 4. Phintis; 5. Pherenicus and Lycus; Part II. Athletic Trainers: 6. More missing persons; 7. Melesias; 8. Menander; 9. Chiron and Athena.

Product details

• Authors: Nigel Nicholson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2005
• EAN: 9780521845229
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84522-9
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Ancient History, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory