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Aristocracy and Athletics in Archaic and Classical Greece (Hardcover, New)
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Aristocracy and Athletics in Archaic and Classical Greece (Hardcover, New)
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Athletics represented an important institution through which the
Greek aristocracies sought to maintain their privileged political
position. Victory, however, had always involved the use of others,
such as charioteers, jockeys, and trainers, and in the late archaic
and early classical period the relationship between the victors and
these helpers changed radically. This threatened the political
value of athletics and thus undermined the utility of the
institution for aristocrats. Nigel Nicholson examines how
aristocrats responded to these changes through a study of victory
memorials. New Historicist in method, the book draws on odes,
dedications, vases, and coins, as well as anecdotes about the
victors. It asks how the vulgar details of winning are represented
by the memorials, and it assumes that the value of athletics was
always under threat, from groups both inside and outside the elite.
The result is a fascinating look at one area of social struggle in
ancient Greece.
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