The Ancient Olympics: War Minus the Shooting - Hardcover

Spivey, Nigel

 
9780192804334: The Ancient Olympics: War Minus the Shooting
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0192804332 ISBN 13: 9780192804334
Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2004

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The word 'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb 'to struggle/suffer for a prize'. After reading this book, no one will see the Olympics as a graceful display of Greek beauty again, but as war by other means. Nigel Spivey paints a portrait of the Greek Olympics as they really were - fierce contests between bitter rivals, in which victors won kudos and rewards, and losers faced scorn and even assault. Victory was almost worth dying for, and a number of athletes did just that. The author explores what the events were, the rules for competitors, training and diet, the pervasiveness of cheating and bribery, the prizes on offer, the exclusion of 'barbarians', and protocols on pederasty. He also peels back the mythology surrounding the games today and investigates where our current conception of the Olympics has come from. Contested always bitterly and often bloodily, the ancient Olympics were not an idealistic celebration of unity, but a clash of military powers in an arena not far removed from the battlefield

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren


Nigel Spivey teaches the classics at Cambridge University. He is the author of Understanding Greek Sculpture: Ancient Meanings, Modern Readings, Greek Art, Etruscan Art, and Enduring Creation: Art, Pain, and Fortitude.


Nigel Spivey teaches Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, where he is a Fellow of Emmanuel College.

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Verlag
OUP Oxford
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0192804332
ISBN 13 
9780192804334
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300
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