Isbn: 9780715639306 - thinking the olympics: the classical tradition and the modern games (5 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Gut. XI, 227 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - leicht bestoßen, Vorderschnitt und Fußschnitt leicht angeschmutzt, sonst guter Zustand / slightly scuffed, fore-edge and bottom edge slightly soiled, otherwise good condition. - Contents Acknowledgements List of Contributors List of Illustrations Introduction: Game Plan Barbara Goff 1. Pythagoras and the Origins of Olympic Ideology Nigel Spivey 2. True Heroes and Dishonourable Victors at Olympia David Gilman Romano 3. To Give Over Ones Heart: Pindar, Bataille and the Poetics of Victory Damian Stocking 4. Epideictic Oratory at the Olympic Games Eleni Volonaki 5. Living in the Shadow of the Past: Greek Athletes during the Roman Empire Stephen Brunet 6. Gilbert West and the English Contribution to the Revival of the Olympic Games Hugh Lee 7. James Barrys Crowning the Victors at Olympia: Transmitting the Values of the Classical Olympic Games into the Modern Era William Pressly 8. The Race for a Healthy Body: The Ancient Greek Physical Ideal in Victorian London Debbie Challis 9. Nervis Palazzo and Palazzetto dello Sport: Striking a Delicate Balance between Past and Present in 1960 Rome Ann Keen 10. Trailing the Olympic Epic: Black Modernity and the Athenian Arena, 2004 Michael Simpson 11. Pindar at the Olympics: The Limits of Revivalism Armand DAngour Afterword: London 2012 Tessa Jowell Bibliography Index. ISBN 9780715639306 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 383.…

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