Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World

ISBN: 9780954384517

出版社: Classical Press of Wales

出版年: 2004-07

页数: 416

定价: USD 75.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

This collection of sixteen thematically linked articles was inspired by the Sydney Olympic Games of 2000. Its international cast includes leading authorities in the study of ancient Greek sport. It considers how sport and festival affected the ancient Greek city and how the values of athletics pervaded Greek culture. To accompany the main focus, on the ancient world, the book examines allied topics of modern culture, such as the sometimes troubled relationship between research on ancient Greek sport and the modern Olympic movement, and the question of how museums may best present to a modern public the surviving Greek artifacts linked with sport.