The Ancient Olympics: War Minus the Shooting - Softcover

Spivey, Nigel; University Of Cambridge

 
9780192806048: The Ancient Olympics: War Minus the Shooting
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0192806041 ISBN 13: 9780192806048
Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2006

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The word 'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb 'to struggle 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. Many more resorted to cheating and bribery. 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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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.

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Verlag
OUP Oxford
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0192806041
ISBN 13 
9780192806048
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
304
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