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Athletics in the Ancient World (Paperback)
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Athletics in the Ancient World (Paperback)
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The athletic competitions that took place during festivals like
that at Olympia, or within the confines of city gymnasia, were a
key feature of life in ancient Greece. From the commemoration of
victorious athletes in poetry or sculpture to the archaeological
remains of baths, gymnasia and stadia, surviving evidence offers
plentiful testimony to the importance of athletic activity in Greek
culture, and its survival well into the Roman period. This book
offers an introduction to the many forms that athletics took in the
ancient world, and to the sources of evidence by which we can study
it. As well as looking at the role of athletics in archaic and
classical Greece, it also covers the less-explored periods of the
Hellenistic and Roman worlds. The many different aspects of
athletics will also be considered - not only the well-known
contests of athletic festivals such as the Olympic Games, but also
the place of athletic training within civic education and military
training, and its integration into the bathing culture of the Roman
world.
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