Greek Athletics / / Jason König.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: König, Jason,
• MitwirkendeR: Fisher, Nick,; Gauthier, Philippe,; Kurke, Leslie,; Kyle, Donald G.,; Lämmer, Manfred,; Morgan, Catherine,; Newby, Zahra,; Nijf, Onno Van,; Pleket, H. W.,; Robert, Louis,; Young, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World : ERAW
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 6 B/W illustrations

Athletic training and athletic competition were key features of ancient Greek life for more than 1,000 years, from the foundation of the Olympic festival in the eighth century BC into the Roman period. Recent years have seen an enormous growth in scholarship on the subject, and in undergraduate teaching, but many seminal articles remain inaccessible, especially to English-speaking readers. This volume brings together for the first time a collection of important pieces and extracts on core themes, covering gymnasium education, festival competition and victory, the role of athletic activity in conceptions of ancient identity, and the reception of the ancient athletic heritage in the modern world. FeaturesFour of the twelve pieces are translated for the first time from French and Germancontains an extensive introduction covering key issues for study and researchbrief editorial discussions of each of the articles are included.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note to the Reader -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Ancient Greek athletics: an Introduction -- PART I Olympia, the Periodos and Panhellenism -- Introduction to Part I -- 1 Sanctuaries, the State and the Individual -- 2 The So-Called Olympic Peace in ancient Greece -- PART II Gymnasion Education -- Introduction to Part II -- 3 Gymnasia and the Democratic Values of Leisure -- 4 Notes on the Role of the Gymnasion in the Hellenistic City -- PART III Festival Foundations -- Introduction to Part III -- 5 Opening address: Eighth International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy -- 6 Two Greek athletic Contests in Rome -- PART IV Competition and victory -- Introduction to Part IV -- 7 Games, Prizes, athletes and Ideology: some aspects of the history of sport in the Greco-Roman world -- 8 Athletics, Festivals and Greek Identity in the Roman East -- PART V: Athletic Representations -- Introduction to Part V -- 9 The Economy of kudos -- 10 Greek athletics as Roman Spectacle: The Mosaics from Ostia and Rome -- PART VI Greek Athletics and the Modern World -- Introduction to Part VI -- 11 First with the Most: Greek athletic Records and ‘Specialisation’ -- 12 E. Norman Gardiner and the Decline of Greek Sport -- Guide to Further Reading -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Works Cited -- Index