Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook with TranslationsOxford University Press, 29 okt 1987 - 302 pagina's Aimed at readers of all levels--from student to classics buff to serious scholars--this sourcebook looks at sport and recreation in ancient Greece through translated accounts of ancient Greek and Latin authors. It examines such diversions as the ancient Olympic Games, athletic clothing, women in sports, dining, dancing, and fishing. Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece offers a wide range of topics geared to students' interests, new translations into readable English that facilitate their introduction to the subject, and a rich assortment of illustrations. The questions following each translation help students understand the passages, while the presentation of contradictory evidence challenges them to evaluate different points of view, both in the study of ancient culture and in their own daily lives. Successfully tested in college classrooms for a ten years, this book provides an excellent springboard for the study of ancient Greek history, classical literature, or sports history. |
Inhoudsopgave
1 Introduction to Greek Athletics | 3 |
2 Athletics in Homer | 11 |
3 Running Events | 27 |
4 Pentathlon | 37 |
5 Diskos | 40 |
6 Jump | 46 |
7 Javelin | 52 |
8 Scoring the Pentathlon | 56 |
21 Individual Athletes | 145 |
22 Walking and Mountaineering | 153 |
23 Swimming and Boating | 161 |
24 Hunting and Fishing | 169 |
25 Music | 182 |
26 Dance | 187 |
27 Theater | 192 |
28 Dining | 199 |
9 Combat Sports | 60 |
10 Wrestling | 63 |
11 Boxing | 68 |
12 Pankration | 81 |
13 Horse Racing | 89 |
14 Ball Playing | 96 |
15 Weight Lifting | 104 |
16 Miscellaneous Activities and Games | 108 |
17 Palestra and Training | 111 |
18 Attitudes toward Athletics | 118 |
19 Nudity in Greek Athletics | 124 |
20 Women in Greek Athletics | 134 |
29 Pindar | 210 |
30 Philostratos | 212 |
31 Pausanias | 231 |
32 Lucian | 251 |
33 Greek Anthology | 258 |
Notes | 263 |
Bibliography | 269 |
273 | |
Illustration Credits | 275 |
Index and Glossary | 277 |
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Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook with Translations Waldo E. Sweet Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1987 |
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Achaians Achilleus Aias akoniti amphora Amykos ancient Greek Antilochos Apollo Argives Argos armor arms Arrichion Athenian Athens aulos ball blows body boxer boxing boys bronze called chariot race compete competitors contest Crown Games Damonon dancing Delphi described diaulos diskos dolichos dust Eleans exercise feet festival fight Further Readings Gardiner AAW girls Greece Greek Athletics gymnasium gymnastes gymnos hands held Hellanodikai Herakles Homer honor hoplitodromos horse races hunting husplex infibulation inscription Isthmia Isthmian Games javelin kylix loincloth long jump mares Melankomas Menelaos modern Museum Nemea Nemean Games Odysseus Olympia Olympic Games opponent Orsippos palestra Panathenaic Panathenaic Games pankratiast pankration Pausanias Peleus pentathletes pentathlon Philostratos Photograph by author Pindar Plate Plato plays poems Polydeukes prize Pythian Games red figure kylix Roman runners running sacred Sokrates Spartan SpGR stadium statue stone Testimonium Theagenes throw vase victory winner women won the stade wrestler wrestling Yalouris Zeus
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