Combat Sports in the Ancient World: Competition, Violence, and Culture (Sports and History Series) - Softcover

Poliakoff, Michael B.

 
9780300063127: Combat Sports in the Ancient World: Competition, Violence, and Culture (Sports and History Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0300063121 ISBN 13: 9780300063127
Verlag: Yale University Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

A leading authority on classical games here provides a comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Describing and analyzing the sports of boxing, wrestling, stick-fighting, and pankration, Michael B. Poliakoff discusses such topics as the function of competition and violent games in ancient society; on the social background of the participants, showing the broad spectrum of Greek athletic personnel; on the significance of the appearance of combat sport in myth and literature; and on the alleged cultic functions of the ancient combat sports. The book is copiously illustrated with photographs of numerous objects rarely or never before published.

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Verlag
Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300063121
ISBN 13 
9780300063127
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
220
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