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Author : Steve Craig
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Sports and Games of the Ancients written by Steve Craig and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2002-06-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses sports and games from mankind's earliest days.
Author : Věra Olivová
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Sports and Games in the Ancient World written by Věra Olivová and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael B. Poliakoff
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300063127
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (631 download)
Download or read book Combat Sports in the Ancient World written by Michael B. Poliakoff and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome and the Near East.
Author : Nigel B. Crowther
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780806139951
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)
Download or read book Sport in Ancient Times written by Nigel B. Crowther and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively survey encompassing the Orient, the Americas, and the classical world From the Olympic Games of Greece to the gladiatorial contests of Rome, sport in the ancient world was fiercely competitive and included a wider range of physical contests than we moderns might suspect. The early Chinese played forms of polo and golf, while half a world away, Hohokam and Maya Indians enjoyed team ball games. Nigel Crowther, a leading authority on classical Greek sport, here casts his net over the entire ancient world to reveal the variety, and often the intensity, of sport in earlier times, from 3000 b.c.e. to the Middle Ages. Taking in twenty premodern societies on five continents--with particular emphasis on ancient Greece and Rome and the Byzantine Empire--he traces connections to modern sporting attitudes, practices, and institutions as he describes how athletics figured in cultural arenas that extended beyond physical prowess to ritual, social status, military associations, and politics. Crowther takes us back to the birth of sumo wrestling in Japan and describes the sports of the Sumerians and Hittites. He documents bull leaping and boxing as recorded on pottery in Crete, as well as running and archery as practiced by the pharaohs in Egypt. He shows the significance of the early Olympic Games, describes the Romans' use of gladiatorial contests for political ends, and analyzes the influence of Byzantine chariot racing on society. He also notes the changing role of women in ancient sports--from their prominence in Egyptian contests, to the mythological Atalanta, to female Roman gladiators. As informative as it is entertaining, Sport in Ancient Times opens new vistas for general readers, students, and sport historians. It offers a broad look at ancient sport and will enrich readers' appreciation of games they enjoy today.
Author : Wolfgang Decker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300239744
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (397 download)
Download or read book Sports and Games of Ancient Egypt written by Wolfgang Decker and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Věra Olivová
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780906223192
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (231 download)
Download or read book Sports and Games in the Ancient World written by Věra Olivová and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Gaylord Miller
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300115291
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (152 download)
Download or read book Ancient Greek Athletics written by Stephen Gaylord Miller and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a survey of sports in ancient Greece, this work describes ancient sporting events and games. It considers the role of women and amateurs in ancient athletics, and explores the impact of these games on art, literature and politics.
Author : Edward Marwick Plummer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Athletics and Games of the Ancient Greeks written by Edward Marwick Plummer and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Levinson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195131959
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Sport written by David Levinson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains essays concerning various sports or sports topics, from acrobatics to yachting, giving both American and international coverage
Author : Mark Golden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521497909
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (979 download)
Download or read book Sport and Society in Ancient Greece written by Mark Golden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-09-10 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport and Society in Ancient Greece provides a concise and readable introduction to ancient Greek sport. It covers such topics as the links between sport, religion and warfare, the origins and history of the Olympic games, and the spirit of competition among the Greeks. Its main focus, however, is on Greek sport as an arena for the creation and expression of difference among individuals and groups. Sport not only identified winners and losers. It also drew boundaries between groups (Greeks and barbarians, boys and men, males and females) and offered a field for debate on the relative worth of athletic and equestrian competition. The book includes guides to the ancient evidence and to modern scholarship on the subject.
Author : Nigel B. Crowther
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313051240
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Sport in Ancient Times written by Nigel B. Crowther and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crowther offers a fascinating look at the role of sport as practiced in several important civilizations in the ancient world. He not only probes the games themselves, but explores the ways in which athletics figured into cultural arenas that extended beyond physical prowess to military associations, rituals, status, and politics. Sport in Ancient Times has four distinct parts: the Prehistoric Age, historic Greece, ancient Italy, and the Byzantine Empire. Beginning with the earliest civilizations, Crowther examines the military and recreational aspects of sports in prehistoric Egypt, with brief references to other river-valley cultures in Sumeria, Mesopotamia, and Persia. He looks at the rituals of Cretan bull-leaping and boxing in the Bronze Age, the high status of sports in Mycenaean Greece, and the funeral games in the Trojan War as described by the epic poet Homer. In what he terms the historic period, Crowther examines the significance of the ancient Olympic Games, the events of Greek athletics, and the attitude of other civilizations (notably Rome) towards them. He attempts to discover to what extent the Romans believed in the famous ideal of Juvenal, a sound mind in a sound body, and discusses the significance of the famous Baths not only for sport, but also for culture and society. He likewise explores the Roman emphasis on spectator sports and the use of gladiatorial contests and chariot racing for political purposes (the concept of bread and games). The section on the Byzantine Empire focuses, notably, on chariot racing and the riots at sporting contests—riots reminiscent of crowd violence in modern sports such as soccer. Crowther closes with perspectives that bring to life some of the issues revealed in previous chapters. These include a comparison of the social status and significance of a famous Olympic athlete (Milo), a Roman gladiator (Hermes), and a Byzantine chariot racer (Porphyrius). He also addresses the changing role of women in sports in antiquity. Women were prominent in sport in Egypt, for example, but almost entirely absent from the ancient Olympic Games. The final chapter discusses team sports and ball games. Although these were comparatively rare in the ancient world, one may see in those that did exist the forerunners of modern football and hockey.
Author : Waldo E. Sweet
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195041267
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece written by Waldo E. Sweet and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for readers at all levels--from student to classics buff to serious scholar--this sourcebook looks at sport and recreation in ancient Greece through vivid new translations of contemporary accounts. Covering such diverse topics as the ancient Olympic games, athletic attire, women in sports, hunting and fishing, and weight lifting, the book provides an excellent springboard for the study of ancient Greek history and classical literature. The book includes study questions after each translated passage and a rich assortment of photographs of ancient art and artifacts depicting players, events, and equipment.
Author : Matt de la Peña
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545484596
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (454 download)
Download or read book Curse of the Ancients (Infinity Ring, Book 4) written by Matt de la Peña and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fix the past. Save the future. What is the secret history connecting the SQ to the Ancient Maya?Book includes an all-new, full-color Hystorian's Guide - your key to unlocking the fourth episode of the action-packed Infinity Ring game.
Author : Mark Golden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134535961
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)
Download or read book Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z written by Mark Golden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged in an easy-to-use dictionary format, this volume includes more than 700 entries discussing ancient athletes, festivals, important sites, equipment and concepts. It is the ultimate guide to ancient sport.
Author : Lou Cuevas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book In the Valley of the Ancients written by Lou Cuevas and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald G. Kyle
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 063122971X
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (312 download)
Download or read book Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World written by Donald G. Kyle and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2006-09-18 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a readable, up-to-date, illustrated introduction to the history of sport and spectacle in the ancient world from the Ancient Near East through Greek and Hellenistic times and into the Roman Empire. Covers athletics, combat sports, chariot racing, beast fights and gladiators. Traces the precursors of Greek and Roman sports and spectacles in the Ancient Near East and the Bronze Age Aegean. Investigates the origins, nature and meaning of sport, covering issues of violence, professionalism, class, gender and eroticism. Challenges the notion that Greek sport and Roman spectacle were polar opposites. Approaches sport and spectacle as overlapping and compatible features of civilized states and empires.
Author : Donald G. Kyle
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004097599
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (975 download)
Download or read book Athletics in Ancient Athens written by Donald G. Kyle and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
