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A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity : Christesen/A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity
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Editor(s):
Paul Christesen
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Donald G. Kyle
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November 11 2013
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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Publication date (Print):
November 11 2013
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10.1002/9781118609965
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Book chapters
pp. i
Front Matter
pp. 1
General Introduction
pp. 17
Greek Athletic Competitions
pp. 36
Sport in the Aegean Bronze Age
pp. 53
Sport in the Early Iron Age and Homeric Epic
pp. 68
Representations of Sport in Greek Literature
pp. 81
Picturing Victory
pp. 98
Inscriptions as Evidence for Greek Sport
pp. 112
Recent Trends in the Study of Greek Sport
pp. 131
Panhellenic Athletics at Olympia
pp. 146
Sport and Society in Sparta
pp. 159
Sport, Society, and Politics in Athens
pp. 176
Athletic Festivals in the Northern Peloponnese and Central Greece
pp. 192
Sport and Society in the Greek West
pp. 209
Sport and Democratization in Ancient Greece (with an Excursus on Athletic Nudity)
pp. 236
Growing Up with Greek Sport
pp. 246
Eros and Greek Sport
pp. 258
Greek Female Sport
pp. 276
People on the Fringes of Greek Sport
pp. 287
The Greek Stadium as a Reflection of a Changing Society
pp. 295
The Social Life of Greek Athletic Facilities (other than Stadia)
pp. 309
The Role of Religion in Greek Sport
pp. 320
Ancient Critics of Greek Sport
pp. 332
Sport, Spectacle, and Society in Ancient Macedonia
pp. 347
Greek Sport in Egypt
pp. 364
Sport in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor
pp. 377
Overview of Roman Spectacle
pp. 395
Etruscan Sport
pp. 412
Writing Arenas
pp. 422
Representations of Spectacle and Sport in Roman Art
pp. 438
Material Evidence for Roman Spectacle and Sport
pp. 451
Trends in the Study of Roman Spectacle and Sport
pp. 463
Gladiatorial Combat as Alluring Spectacle
pp. 478
Women with Swords
pp. 492
Roman Chariot Racing
pp. 505
Roman Beast Hunts
pp. 520
Spectacular Executions in the Roman World
pp. 533
Greek Sports in Rome
pp. 543
Amphitheaters in the Roman World
pp. 561
Venues for Spectacle and Sport
pp. 578
People on the Margins of Roman Spectacle
pp. 590
Religion and Roman Spectacle
pp. 603
Ancient Critics of Roman Spectacle and Sport
pp. 617
Romanization through Spectacle in the Greek East
pp. 633
Spectacle and Sport in Constantinople in the Sixth Century CE
pp. 646
Index
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