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Spectacles of death in ancient Rome / / Donald G. Kyle
| Spectacles of death in ancient Rome / / Donald G. Kyle |
| Autore | Kyle Donald G. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Death - Social aspects - Rome
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Rome Violence - Rome - History Gladiators - Rome - History Christian martyrs - Rome - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-86272-5
1-280-33500-9 0-203-00635-6 0-203-15857-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
SPECTACLES OF DEATH IN ANCIENT ROME; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; 1 Introduction: violent spectacles and Roman civilization; Ancient and modern attitudes; Interpretations of Roman violence and spectacles; Somatics and necrology: the problem of disposal; 2 The phenomenon: the development and diversity of Roman spectacles of death; Festivals, punishments, celebrations, and games; Munera: rites and spectacles; Late Republic: power, proscriptions, and multi-dimensional spectacles; Spectacular punishments: summa supplicia and 'fatal charades'
3 The victims: differentiation, status, and supplyThe body count; Gladiators and beast-fighters: infamy, virtue, and ambivalence; Noxii: the doomed and the damned; Law and the arena: demand and supply; Rituals and resources; 4 Death, disposal, and damnation of humans: some methods and messages; Roman death: rites and rights, hierarchy and the hereafter; Death as a spectacle in some other pre-modern societies; 5 Disposal from Roman arenas: some rituals and options; Rituals of death and removal; Some options: burial, pits, exposure, crucifixion, fire 6 Arenas and eating: corpses and carcasses as food?Ad bestias - consumption or abuse?; Hunting, games, and game; Spectacles and food: spectators and scrambles; Addendum: America; 7 Rituals, spectacles, and the Tiber River; Water: punishment and purgation; Executions and riots in the Forum; Political violence and disposal by water; Commodus the gladiator; 8 Christians: persecutions and disposal; Persecutions: passions, procedures, spectacles, and disposal; Lyons and disposal by water; Relics and resurrection; 9 Conclusion: hunts and homicides as spectacles of death; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454869403321 |
Kyle Donald G.
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Spectacles of death in ancient Rome / / Donald G. Kyle
| Spectacles of death in ancient Rome / / Donald G. Kyle |
| Autore | Kyle Donald G. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Death - Social aspects - Rome
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Rome Violence - Rome - History Gladiators - Rome - History Christian martyrs - Rome - History |
| ISBN |
1-134-86271-7
1-134-86272-5 1-280-33500-9 0-203-00635-6 0-203-15857-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
SPECTACLES OF DEATH IN ANCIENT ROME; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; 1 Introduction: violent spectacles and Roman civilization; Ancient and modern attitudes; Interpretations of Roman violence and spectacles; Somatics and necrology: the problem of disposal; 2 The phenomenon: the development and diversity of Roman spectacles of death; Festivals, punishments, celebrations, and games; Munera: rites and spectacles; Late Republic: power, proscriptions, and multi-dimensional spectacles; Spectacular punishments: summa supplicia and 'fatal charades'
3 The victims: differentiation, status, and supplyThe body count; Gladiators and beast-fighters: infamy, virtue, and ambivalence; Noxii: the doomed and the damned; Law and the arena: demand and supply; Rituals and resources; 4 Death, disposal, and damnation of humans: some methods and messages; Roman death: rites and rights, hierarchy and the hereafter; Death as a spectacle in some other pre-modern societies; 5 Disposal from Roman arenas: some rituals and options; Rituals of death and removal; Some options: burial, pits, exposure, crucifixion, fire 6 Arenas and eating: corpses and carcasses as food?Ad bestias - consumption or abuse?; Hunting, games, and game; Spectacles and food: spectators and scrambles; Addendum: America; 7 Rituals, spectacles, and the Tiber River; Water: punishment and purgation; Executions and riots in the Forum; Political violence and disposal by water; Commodus the gladiator; 8 Christians: persecutions and disposal; Persecutions: passions, procedures, spectacles, and disposal; Lyons and disposal by water; Relics and resurrection; 9 Conclusion: hunts and homicides as spectacles of death; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778878303321 |
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Kyle Donald G.
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / / Donald G. Kyle
| Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / / Donald G. Kyle |
| Autore | Kyle Donald G. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
| Disciplina | 796.093 |
| Collana | Ancient Cultures |
| Soggetto topico | Sports - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-61380-5
1-118-61567-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Introduction: Ancient Sport History; Why Sport History?; Why ancient sport history?; Word Games: Conceptualizing Sport and Spectacle; Challenges: Evidence, Chronology, and Modernism; Greek evidence; Roman evidence; Chronology: dates and cycles; Reception and modernism; Sports and Spectacles as Cultural Performances; Greece and Rome: Positive and Negative Classicism; Sports as Spectacle, Spectacles as Sport; Notes; References
Chapter 1 Origins and Essences: Early Sport and SpectacleHunting rituals and sport; Agonism: the unique Greek?; Mesopotamian Combat Sports and Running; Egypt: Hunting and Sporting Pharaohs; Evidence and imagery; Sed festivals; Beni Hasan and displays; Sporting pharaohs of the New Kingdom; Egyptian athletics?; Egyptian hunting; Royal Hunts as a Near Eastern Tradition; States and Sports, Empires and Spectacles; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Late Bronze Age Minoans, Hittites, and Mycenaeans; Minoan Performances: Rites, Contests, or Spectacles?; The boxer rhyton and runner's ring; Bull sports Theseus and CreteBull games abroad; Hittite Contests?; Mycenaean Contests?; A Sporting Mediterranean World; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Sport in Homer: Contests, Prizes, and Honor; Homer and His World; Values and Competition; Prizes and Spectatorship; Funeral Games for Patroklos: Prizes and Reconciliation; Contests, winners, and losers; The Odyssey: Sport and Returning Home; Games in Phaiakia; Iros; The bow contest; Epic Sport as Spectacle; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Archaic Greece: Athletics in an Age of Change; Athletic Festivals: Types and Terms Factors and Features in the Growth of AthleticsEpic and Olympic authority; Archaic games and city-state prizes; Emerging city-states: regionalism and rivalry; Colonization: a wider world of sport; Tyrants: patronage and popular programs; Gymnasiums, Hoplites, and Society; Nudity, Status, and Democracy; Men, Boys, and Erotic Pursuits; The Coming of Age of Greek Sport; Notes; References; Chapter 5 In Search of the Ancient Olympics; The Olympics of Allusion and Illusion; Coubertin as an Olympic hero; Modern Myths and Invented Traditions The Quagmire of Olympic Origins: Explanations and ExcavationsOlympic mythography; Modern theories; Hippias and the Olympic Victor List; Archaeological insights; Deconstructing and reconstructing early Olympia; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Ancient Olympia and Its Games; The Physical Context: Sanctuary and Facilities; The Olympic Festival: Operation and Administration; Prize wreaths and nudity; Eligibility; The Program of Contests; Footraces; Pentathlon; Combat sports; Equestrian events; Olympia and Spectacle: Politics, Problems, and Performances; Peace, politics, and Panhellenism Opportunism and corruption |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459875003321 |
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Kyle Donald G.
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| Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / / Donald G. Kyle
| Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / / Donald G. Kyle |
| Autore | Kyle Donald G. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
| Disciplina | 796.093 |
| Collana | Ancient cultures |
| Soggetto topico | Sports - History |
| ISBN |
1-118-61380-5
1-118-61567-0 |
| Classificazione |
780.2
796.093 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Introduction: Ancient Sport History; Why Sport History?; Why ancient sport history?; Word Games: Conceptualizing Sport and Spectacle; Challenges: Evidence, Chronology, and Modernism; Greek evidence; Roman evidence; Chronology: dates and cycles; Reception and modernism; Sports and Spectacles as Cultural Performances; Greece and Rome: Positive and Negative Classicism; Sports as Spectacle, Spectacles as Sport; Notes; References
Chapter 1 Origins and Essences: Early Sport and SpectacleHunting rituals and sport; Agonism: the unique Greek?; Mesopotamian Combat Sports and Running; Egypt: Hunting and Sporting Pharaohs; Evidence and imagery; Sed festivals; Beni Hasan and displays; Sporting pharaohs of the New Kingdom; Egyptian athletics?; Egyptian hunting; Royal Hunts as a Near Eastern Tradition; States and Sports, Empires and Spectacles; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Late Bronze Age Minoans, Hittites, and Mycenaeans; Minoan Performances: Rites, Contests, or Spectacles?; The boxer rhyton and runner's ring; Bull sports Theseus and CreteBull games abroad; Hittite Contests?; Mycenaean Contests?; A Sporting Mediterranean World; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Sport in Homer: Contests, Prizes, and Honor; Homer and His World; Values and Competition; Prizes and Spectatorship; Funeral Games for Patroklos: Prizes and Reconciliation; Contests, winners, and losers; The Odyssey: Sport and Returning Home; Games in Phaiakia; Iros; The bow contest; Epic Sport as Spectacle; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Archaic Greece: Athletics in an Age of Change; Athletic Festivals: Types and Terms Factors and Features in the Growth of AthleticsEpic and Olympic authority; Archaic games and city-state prizes; Emerging city-states: regionalism and rivalry; Colonization: a wider world of sport; Tyrants: patronage and popular programs; Gymnasiums, Hoplites, and Society; Nudity, Status, and Democracy; Men, Boys, and Erotic Pursuits; The Coming of Age of Greek Sport; Notes; References; Chapter 5 In Search of the Ancient Olympics; The Olympics of Allusion and Illusion; Coubertin as an Olympic hero; Modern Myths and Invented Traditions The Quagmire of Olympic Origins: Explanations and ExcavationsOlympic mythography; Modern theories; Hippias and the Olympic Victor List; Archaeological insights; Deconstructing and reconstructing early Olympia; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Ancient Olympia and Its Games; The Physical Context: Sanctuary and Facilities; The Olympic Festival: Operation and Administration; Prize wreaths and nudity; Eligibility; The Program of Contests; Footraces; Pentathlon; Combat sports; Equestrian events; Olympia and Spectacle: Politics, Problems, and Performances; Peace, politics, and Panhellenism Opportunism and corruption |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787128903321 |
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Kyle Donald G.
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| Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / / Donald G. Kyle
| Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / / Donald G. Kyle |
| Autore | Kyle Donald G. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
| Disciplina | 796.093 |
| Collana | Ancient cultures |
| Soggetto topico | Sports - History |
| ISBN |
1-118-61380-5
1-118-61567-0 |
| Classificazione |
780.2
796.093 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Introduction: Ancient Sport History; Why Sport History?; Why ancient sport history?; Word Games: Conceptualizing Sport and Spectacle; Challenges: Evidence, Chronology, and Modernism; Greek evidence; Roman evidence; Chronology: dates and cycles; Reception and modernism; Sports and Spectacles as Cultural Performances; Greece and Rome: Positive and Negative Classicism; Sports as Spectacle, Spectacles as Sport; Notes; References
Chapter 1 Origins and Essences: Early Sport and SpectacleHunting rituals and sport; Agonism: the unique Greek?; Mesopotamian Combat Sports and Running; Egypt: Hunting and Sporting Pharaohs; Evidence and imagery; Sed festivals; Beni Hasan and displays; Sporting pharaohs of the New Kingdom; Egyptian athletics?; Egyptian hunting; Royal Hunts as a Near Eastern Tradition; States and Sports, Empires and Spectacles; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Late Bronze Age Minoans, Hittites, and Mycenaeans; Minoan Performances: Rites, Contests, or Spectacles?; The boxer rhyton and runner's ring; Bull sports Theseus and CreteBull games abroad; Hittite Contests?; Mycenaean Contests?; A Sporting Mediterranean World; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Sport in Homer: Contests, Prizes, and Honor; Homer and His World; Values and Competition; Prizes and Spectatorship; Funeral Games for Patroklos: Prizes and Reconciliation; Contests, winners, and losers; The Odyssey: Sport and Returning Home; Games in Phaiakia; Iros; The bow contest; Epic Sport as Spectacle; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Archaic Greece: Athletics in an Age of Change; Athletic Festivals: Types and Terms Factors and Features in the Growth of AthleticsEpic and Olympic authority; Archaic games and city-state prizes; Emerging city-states: regionalism and rivalry; Colonization: a wider world of sport; Tyrants: patronage and popular programs; Gymnasiums, Hoplites, and Society; Nudity, Status, and Democracy; Men, Boys, and Erotic Pursuits; The Coming of Age of Greek Sport; Notes; References; Chapter 5 In Search of the Ancient Olympics; The Olympics of Allusion and Illusion; Coubertin as an Olympic hero; Modern Myths and Invented Traditions The Quagmire of Olympic Origins: Explanations and ExcavationsOlympic mythography; Modern theories; Hippias and the Olympic Victor List; Archaeological insights; Deconstructing and reconstructing early Olympia; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Ancient Olympia and Its Games; The Physical Context: Sanctuary and Facilities; The Olympic Festival: Operation and Administration; Prize wreaths and nudity; Eligibility; The Program of Contests; Footraces; Pentathlon; Combat sports; Equestrian events; Olympia and Spectacle: Politics, Problems, and Performances; Peace, politics, and Panhellenism Opportunism and corruption |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823870003321 |
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Kyle Donald G.
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| Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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