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基本説明
This volume brings together for the first time a collection of important pieces and extracts on core themes, covering gymnasium education, festival competition and victory, the role of athletic activity in conceptions of ancient identity, and the reception of the ancient athletic heritage in the modern world.
Full Description
Athletic training and athletic competition were key features of ancient Greek life for more than 1,000 years, from the foundation of the Olympic festival in the eighth century BC into the Roman period. Recent years have seen an enormous growth in scholarship on the subject, and in undergraduate teaching, but many seminal articles remain inaccessible, especially to English-speaking readers. This volume brings together for the first time a collection of important pieces and extracts on core themes, covering gymnasium education, festival competition and victory, the role of athlectic activity in conceptions of ancient identity, and the reception of the ancient athletic heritage in the modern world. Features:• Five of the twelve pieces are translated for the first time from French and German • contains an extensive introduction covering key issues for study and research• brief editorial discussions of each of the articles are included.
Contents
Acknowledgements; Note to the Reader; Abbreviations; Maps; General Introduction; PART 1: Olympia, the Periodos and Panhellenism; Introduction to Part 1; 1. Sanctuaries, the State and the Individual, Catherine Morgan; 2. The So-called Olympic Peace in Ancient Greece (translated by Julietta Steinhauer), Manfred Lammer; PART 2: Gymnasion Education; Introduction to Part 2; 3. Gymnasia and the Democratic Values of Leisure, Nick Fisher; 4. Notes on the Role of the Gymnasion in the Hellenistic City (translated by Margarita Lianou), Philippe Gauthier; PART 3: Festival Foundations Introduction to Part 3; 5. Opening Address: Eighth International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (translated by Margarita Lianou), Louis Robert; 6. Two Greek Athletic Contests in Rome (translated by Margarita Lianou), Louis Robert; PART 4: Competition and Victory; Introduction to Part 4; 7. Games, Prizes, Athletes and Ideology, H.W. Pleket 8. Athletics, Festivals and Greek Identity in the Roman East, Onno van Nijf; PART 5: Athletic Representations; Introduction to Part 5; 9. The Economy of Kudos, Leslie Kurke 10. Greek Athletics as Roman Spectacle: The Mosaics from Ostia and Rome, Zahra Newby; PART 6: Greek Athletics and the Modern World; Introduction to Part 6 11. First with the most: Greek Athletic Records and "Specialization", David Young; 12. E. Norman Gardiner and the decline of Greek sport, Donald Kyle; Chronology; Glossary; Note on further reading; Bibliography; Index
