Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World
How did sport and festival affect the ancient Greek city? How did the values of athletics pervade Greek culture? This collection of fifteen new studies from an international cast took its inspiration from the exceptional Sydney Olympics of 2000. The focus here is on the ancient world, but additionally there is a sophisticated look at how Greek artefacts linked with sport can best be presented to the modern world.
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Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World
How did sport and festival affect the ancient Greek city? How did the values of athletics pervade Greek culture? This collection of fifteen new studies from an international cast took its inspiration from the exceptional Sydney Olympics of 2000. The focus here is on the ancient world, but additionally there is a sophisticated look at how Greek artefacts linked with sport can best be presented to the modern world.
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Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World

Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World

Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World

Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World

Overview

How did sport and festival affect the ancient Greek city? How did the values of athletics pervade Greek culture? This collection of fifteen new studies from an international cast took its inspiration from the exceptional Sydney Olympics of 2000. The focus here is on the ancient world, but additionally there is a sophisticated look at how Greek artefacts linked with sport can best be presented to the modern world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780954384517
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales, The
Publication date: 12/31/2003
Series: The Greek World , #1057
Pages: 447
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction - David J. Phillips and David Pritchard PART I: OLYMPIA AND THE OLYMPICS 1. The organization and functioning of the Olympic Games - Stephen Miller 2. The German excavations at Olympia: An introduction - Helmut Kyrieleis Translated by Suzanne Binder 3. Elis and Olympia: City, sanctuary and politics - Nigel B. Crowther PART II: ATHLETIC POETRY AND OLYMPIC MYTHOLOGY 4. Victory statue, victory song: Pindar's agonistic poetics and its legacy - Patrick O'Sullivan 5. Olympia and the chariot-race of Pelops - John Davidson PART III: THE ORIGINS OF ATHLETIC AND CHORAL COMPETITIONS 6. Homer, funeral contests and the origins of the Greek city - Ben Brown 7. The politics of dance: Dithyrambic contest and social order in ancient Greece -Peter Wilson PART IV: ATHENS AND ITS FESTIVALS 8. Athenian political history: A Panathenaic perspective - David J. Phillips 9. The Parthenon frieze as an idealized, contemporary Panathenaic festival - Tom Stevenson 10. The curious matter of the Lenaia festival of 422 BC - Ian C. Storey PART V: ATHLETICS, EDUCATION AND PHILOSOPHY 11. Athletics, education and participation in classical Athens - David Pritchard 12. Athletics, competition and the intellectual - Harold Tarrant PART VI: CURATING THE ANCIENT OLYMPICS 13. '1000 Years of the Olympic Games: Treasures of Ancient Greece': The Powerhouse Museum exhibition - Paul Donnelly and Kevin Fewster 14. VROOM (Virtual Reconstruction Of Olympia Model): The creation of a virtual tour from a digital model - Kate da Costa, Sarah Kenderdine, Cliff Ogleby, John Ristevski 15. '1000 Years of the Olympic Games: Treasures of Ancient Greece': A study of audiences and impact - Carol Scott Index and Glossary
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