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Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources, Expanded edition - Couverture souple

Miller, Stephen G.

 
9780520075092: Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources, Expanded edition
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0520075099 ISBN 13 : 9780520075092
Editeur : University of California Press, 1991

Synopsis

From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compiled a trove of ancient sources―Plutarch on boxing, Aristotle on the pentathlon, Philostratos on clay dust as an anti-perspirant and on the buying and selling of victories, Vitruvius on literary competitions, Xenophon on female body building. With fully twice as many texts as the highly successful first edition, this new version of Arete offers readers an absorbing lesson in the culture of Greek athletics from the greatest of teachers―the ancients themselves.

These sources, which Miller himself has translated, provide unparalleled insights into ancient athletic practices and competitive festivals. They emphasize the fundamental role of athletics in education and shed light on such issues as the role of women in athletics and the politics and economics of the games. Ultimately they demonstrate that the concepts of virtue, skill, pride, valor, and nobility embedded in the word arete and so closely associated in the modern mind with Greek athletics are only part of the story from antiquity.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stephen G. Miller is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Nemea Excavations. He is the author of The Prytaneion (1978), coauthor of Nemea: A Guide to Site and Museum (1990), and general editor of the forthcoming publications from the Nemea excavations, all published by the University of California Press.

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520075099
ISBN 13 
9780520075092
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
239
Coordonnées du fabricant
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