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Autore |
Newby Zahra |
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Titolo |
Greek athletics in the Roman world : victory and virtue / / Zahra Newby |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-04242-X |
1-280-75819-8 |
0-19-151557-4 |
1-4294-7090-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (333 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Athletics - Greece - Philosophy |
Athletics - Social aspects - Greece |
Athletics - Rome |
Nationalism and sports - Greece |
Rome Civilization Greek influences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Formerly CIP. |
Previously issued in print: 2005. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Greeks, Romans, and Athletics in the Roman World; Part I: Athletics in the Roman West; 2. Greek Athletics in the Heart of Rome; 3. Visualizing Athletics in the Roman Baths; 4. Idealized Statues in Roman Villas; Part II: Athletics and Identity in the Greek East; 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; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L |
MN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Exploring a key area of Greek culture as it developed under Rome and the Second Sophistic, this work investigates questions of how identity is constructed through a cultural appropriation of the past. |
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