Stephen G. Miller

Arete

Greek Sports from Ancient Sources

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From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compiled a trove of ancient sources: Plutarch on boxing, Aristotle on the pentathlon, Philostratos on the buying and selling of victories, Vitruvius on literary competitions, and Xenophon on female body building. Arete offers readers an absorbing lesson in the culture of Greek athletics from the greatest of teachers, the ancients themselves, and demonstrates that the concepts of virtue, skill, pride, valor, and nobility embedded in the word arete are only part of the story from antiquity. This bestselling volume on the culture of Greek athl… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-520-95394-9
EAN: 9780520953949
Produktnummer: 21596147
Verlag: Vanderbilt University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 618 KB
Auflage: 3. Auflage

Über den Autor

Stephen G. Miller is Professor of Classical Archaeology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.Paul Christesen is Associate Professor of Classics at Dartmouth College.