Greek athletics in the Roman world : victory and virtue /

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Includes information on Athens, baths, boxing, Capitoline games at Rome, crowns, discus thrower statue, festivals, Gaul, gymnasium, Hadrian, Heracles, homoeroticism, identity, Myron, Nero, Olympic games, Ostia, Pausanias, Philostratus, Polycletius, Pomeii, Rome, sculpture, Sparta, theatre, victory s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Newby, Zahra
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1-300.
Athletics > Greece > Philosophy.
Athletics > Social aspects > Greece.
Athletics > Rome.
Nationalism and sports > Greece.
Sports athlétiques > Grèce > Philosophie.
Sports athlétiques > Aspect social > Grèce.
Sports athlétiques > Rome.
Nationalisme et sports > Grèce.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Track & Field.
Athletics
Athletics > Philosophy
Civilization > Greek influences
Nationalism and sports
Sport
Atletiek.
Sociale aspecten.
Culturele aspecten.
Rome > Civilization > Greek influences.
Rome > Civilisation > Influence grecque.
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Griechenland > Altertum
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : Greeks, Romans, and athletics in the Roman world
  • 2. Greek athletics in the heart of Rome
  • 3. Visualizing athletics in the Roman baths
  • 4. Idealized statues in Roman villas
  • 5. Training warriors : the merits of a physical education
  • 6. The Athenian Ephebeia : performing the past
  • 7. Olympia and Pausanias' construction of Greece
  • 8. Gymnasia, festivals, and euergetism in Asia minor
  • 9 . Conclusions.

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