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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.
* Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks
* Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the other's entertainment
* Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response
* Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures
* Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks
* Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the other's entertainment
* Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response
* Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures
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.
* Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks
* Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the other's entertainment
* Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response
* Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures
* Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks
* Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the other's entertainment
* Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response
* Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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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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
&nb
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Jahrhundert: | Altertum |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 376 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781118613566 |
| ISBN-10: | 1118613562 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 1A118613560 |
| Autor: | Kyle, Donald G. |
| Auflage: | 2. Aufl. |
| Hersteller: |
Wiley & Sons
Wiley-Blackwell |
| Maße: | 245 x 190 x 16 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Donald G. Kyle |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 26.12.2014 |
| Gewicht: | 0,64 kg |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
&nb
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
&nb
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Jahrhundert: | Altertum |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 376 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781118613566 |
| ISBN-10: | 1118613562 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 1A118613560 |
| Autor: | Kyle, Donald G. |
| Auflage: | 2. Aufl. |
| Hersteller: |
Wiley & Sons
Wiley-Blackwell |
| Maße: | 245 x 190 x 16 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Donald G. Kyle |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 26.12.2014 |
| Gewicht: | 0,64 kg |
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