LEADER 02433nam 2200517 450 001 9910824634003321 005 20230630000723.0 010 $a90-04-44619-2 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004446199 035 $a(CKB)4100000011789863 035 $z(OCoLC)1200198017 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004446199 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6508518 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6508518 035 $a(OCoLC)1241447878 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011789863 100 $a20211006d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun| uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aNeither letters nor swimming $ethe rebirth of swimming and free-diving /$fJohn M. McManamon 210 1$aLeiden, Netherlands ;$aBoston, Massachusetts :$cBrill,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aBrill's Studies in Maritime History ;$v09 311 $a90-04-44620-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aIn a novel study of the impact of classical culture, John McManamon demonstrates that Renaissance scholars rediscovered the importance of swimming to the ancient Greeks and Romans and conceptualized the teaching of swimming as an art. The ancients had a proverb that described a truly ignorant person as knowing "neither letters nor swimming." McManamon traces the ancient textual and iconographic evidence for an art of swimming, demonstrates its importance in warfare, and highlights the activities of free-divers who exploited the skill of swimming to earn a living. Renaissance theorists of a humanist education first advocated a rebirth for swim training, Erasmus included the classical proverb in his Adages , and two sixteenth-century scholars wrote treatises in dialogue form on methods for teaching young people how to swim. 410 0$aBrill's Studies in Maritime History ;$v09. 606 $aSwimming$xHistory 606 $aSwimming$xStudy and teaching 606 $aSwimming$xPsychological aspects 615 0$aSwimming$xHistory. 615 0$aSwimming$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aSwimming$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a797.2109 700 $aMcManamon$b John M.$0622369 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824634003321 996 $aNeither letters nor swimming$94112460 997 $aUNINA