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- Book Title
- Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources
- ISBN
- 9780520274334
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520274334
ISBN-13
9780520274334
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143649269
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Publication Name
Areté : Greek Sports from Ancient Sources
Language
English
Subject
Ancient / General, General, History, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Sports & Recreation, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
4
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2003-019000
Reviews
A remarkable compendium of ancient sources . . . An invaluable resource for the study of Greek sport . . . What Miller's Arete does extremely well is to show that 'nearly almost every aspect of athletics we know today existed already in that distant but kindred world'
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
796/.0938
Table Of Content
Abbreviations Foreword Introduction I. The Earliest Days of Greek Athletics II. Nudity and Equipment III. The Events at a Competition a. Running b. Wrestling c. Boxing d. Pankration e. Pentathlon f. Equestrian g. Herald and Trumpeter h. Music i. Poetry and Prose Composition j. Acting k. Painting IV. Organization of a Panhellenic Festival a. Preparations at the Site b. Preparations of the Athletes c. The Truce d. Preliminaries: Registration and Certification e. Schedule, Heats, and Pairings f. Prohibitions and Penalties g. Officials h. Rewards for Victory V. Local Festivals a. The Panathenaic Games of Athens b. The Eleutheria of Larissa in Thessaly c. The Bomonikai of Sparta VI. The Role of the Games in Society VII. Women in Athletics VIII. Athletes and Heroes IX. Ball playing X. Gymnasion , Athletics, and Education XI. The Spread of Greek Athletics in the Hellenistic Period XII. Greek Athletics in the Roman Period XIII. Amateurism and Professionalism XIV. Nationalism and Internationalism a. Relations between the Panhellenic Sanctuaries b. Relations between City-States and the Panhellenic Sanctuaries c. Relations between City-States at the Panhellenic Sanctuaries XV. Beauty and Reality Appendix: The Olympian and Pythian Programs Select Bibliography Index and Glossary Sources for the Chapter-Opening Sketches
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 the buying and selling of victories, Vitruvius on literary competitions, and Xenophon on female body building. Arete offers readers an absorbing lesson in the culture of Greek athletics from the greatest of teachers, the ancients themselves, and demonstrates that the concepts of virtue, skill, pride, valor, and nobility embedded in the word arete are only part of the story from antiquity. This bestselling volume on the culture of Greek athletics is updated with a new preface by leading scholar Paul Christesen that discusses the book's continued importance for students of ancient athletics.
LC Classification Number
GV21.A73 2012
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