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Author : Steve Craig
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : UOM:39015055448636
Discusses sports and games from mankind's earliest days.
Author : Věra Olivová
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Games
ISBN : OCLC:407207081
Author : Michael B. Poliakoff
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0300063121
A comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome and the Near East.
Author : Věra Olivová
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Games
ISBN : 0906223199
Author : Mark Golden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0521497906
Sport and Society in Ancient Greece provides a concise and readable introduction to ancient Greek sport. It covers such topics as the links between sport, religion and warfare, the origins and history of the Olympic games, and the spirit of competition among the Greeks. Its main focus, however, is on Greek sport as an arena for the creation and expression of difference among individuals and groups. Sport not only identified winners and losers. It also drew boundaries between groups (Greeks and barbarians, boys and men, males and females) and offered a field for debate on the relative worth of athletic and equestrian competition. The book includes guides to the ancient evidence and to modern scholarship on the subject.
Author : Nigel B. Crowther
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313051241
Crowther offers a fascinating look at the role of sport as practiced in several important civilizations in the ancient world. He not only probes the games themselves, but explores the ways in which athletics figured into cultural arenas that extended beyond physical prowess to military associations, rituals, status, and politics. Sport in Ancient Times has four distinct parts: the Prehistoric Age, historic Greece, ancient Italy, and the Byzantine Empire. Beginning with the earliest civilizations, Crowther examines the military and recreational aspects of sports in prehistoric Egypt, with brief references to other river-valley cultures in Sumeria, Mesopotamia, and Persia. He looks at the rituals of Cretan bull-leaping and boxing in the Bronze Age, the high status of sports in Mycenaean Greece, and the funeral games in the Trojan War as described by the epic poet Homer. In what he terms the historic period, Crowther examines the significance of the ancient Olympic Games, the events of Greek athletics, and the attitude of other civilizations (notably Rome) towards them. He attempts to discover to what extent the Romans believed in the famous ideal of Juvenal, a sound mind in a sound body, and discusses the significance of the famous Baths not only for sport, but also for culture and society. He likewise explores the Roman emphasis on spectator sports and the use of gladiatorial contests and chariot racing for political purposes (the concept of bread and games). The section on the Byzantine Empire focuses, notably, on chariot racing and the riots at sporting contests—riots reminiscent of crowd violence in modern sports such as soccer. Crowther closes with perspectives that bring to life some of the issues revealed in previous chapters. These include a comparison of the social status and significance of a famous Olympic athlete (Milo), a Roman gladiator (Hermes), and a Byzantine chariot racer (Porphyrius). He also addresses the changing role of women in sports in antiquity. Women were prominent in sport in Egypt, for example, but almost entirely absent from the ancient Olympic Games. The final chapter discusses team sports and ball games. Although these were comparatively rare in the ancient world, one may see in those that did exist the forerunners of modern football and hockey.
Author : David Levinson,Karen Christensen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195131956
Spanning the wide world of sports, this volume is packed with every conceivable fact that anyone would possibly want to know about nearly 300 sports, including history and practice worldwide.
Author : Stephen Gaylord Miller
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0300115296
Presenting a survey of sports in ancient Greece, this work describes ancient sporting events and games. It considers the role of women and amateurs in ancient athletics, and explores the impact of these games on art, literature and politics.
Author : Waldo E. Sweet
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1987-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195364835
Aimed at readers of all levels--from student to classics buff to serious scholars--this sourcebook looks at sport and recreation in ancient Greece through translated accounts of ancient Greek and Latin authors. It examines such diversions as the ancient Olympic Games, athletic clothing, women in sports, dining, dancing, and fishing. Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece offers a wide range of topics geared to students' interests, new translations into readable English that facilitate their introduction to the subject, and a rich assortment of illustrations. The questions following each translation help students understand the passages, while the presentation of contradictory evidence challenges them to evaluate different points of view, both in the study of ancient culture and in their own daily lives. Successfully tested in college classrooms for a ten years, this book provides an excellent springboard for the study of ancient Greek history, classical literature, or sports history.
Author : Wolfgang Decker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Egypt
ISBN : 0300239742
Author : Mark Golden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134535958
Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z covers an extraordinarily wide range of Greek and Roman sporting activities. Arranged in an easy-to-use dictionary format, this volume includes more than 700 entries discussing ancient athletes, festivals, important sites, equipment and concepts. The approach throughout is comprehensive yet succinct, with key topics, such as athletic festivals, chariot racing, prizes and the role of women receiving more detailed discussion. Each entry concludes with pointers to the most important sources of information, both ancient and modern. The places mentioned in the text are picked out on a useful map, and a timeline of significant developments and events is also included. Reliable, enjoyable, and up-to-date, this handy work of reference will suit readers from student level upwards.
Author : Edward Marwick Plummer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Athletics
ISBN : UOM:39015019063299
Author : J. Aspin
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473380714
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : Frank Zarnowski
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476601458
The pentathlon, comprising competition in the discus, javelin, long jump, sprint, and wrestling, was hailed as the ultimate test of athletic versatility and remained a staple of the ancient Greek Olympic Games, Crown Games and Pan-Hellenic festivals for 1,200 years. Still, there is little scholarly consensus over many major aspects of the event. This detailed exploration of the ancient pentathlon discusses the nature of the spectacle, the method of determining a victor, the five sub-events and the order in which they occurred. It also chronicles the history of the event and its champions, the recognition of ancient pentathletes, and the pentathlon's 18-year modern Olympic history and its influence on its contemporary counterpart, the decathlon. A record book and glossary complete this fresh look at one of the ancient world's most renowned sporting competitions.
Author : Robert Crego
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : UOM:39015056512554
Historical overview and description of popular sports and games from around the world played during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
