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Potter D. S (David Stone), <1957-> |
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The victor's crown [[electronic resource] ] : a history of ancient sport from Homer to Byzantium / / David Potter |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011 |
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1-283-34915-9 |
9786613349156 |
0-19-987828-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (455 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sports - History |
Electronic books. |
Greece Civilization |
Byzantine Empire Civilization |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Maps; Preface; Then and Now; PART 1: ASHES, LINEN AND THE ORIGINS OF SPORT; 1: Introduction; 2: Homer and the Bronze Age; 3: Homer and Sport; PART 2: OLYMPIA; 4: From Myth to History; 5: Olympia in 480 BC; 6: The Olympic Games of 476 BC; 7: The Festival Approaches; 8: Winning; The equestrian events; The pentathlon and the foot races; Nudity; Pain and suffering; 9: Remembering Victory; The athlete as hero; 10: The Emergence of the Panhellenic Cycle; PART 3: THE WORLD OF THE GYMNASIUM; 11: Sport and Civic Virtue; 12: Beroia |
13: Getting in Shape and Turning ProPART 4: ROMAN GAMES; 14: Greece Meets Rome; 15: Kings and Games; 16: Rome and Italy; 17: Actors and Gladiators; 18: Caesar, Antony, Augustus and the Games; PART 5: IMPERIAL GAMES; 19: Watching; 20: The Fan's Experience; 21: Expectations; 22: Crowd Noise; 23: Dreaming of Sport; 24: Images of Sport; 25: Women's Sports; 26: Gladiators; Life as a gladiator; Training and ranking; Dying; Choosing to be a gladiator; 27: Charioteers; 28: Athletes; Athletic guilds; Cheating; 29: Running the Show; Administration; Athletics; Epilogue: The Long End of an Era |
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