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Pages: 692
Authors: Paul Christesen
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-07 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity presents a series of essays that apply a socio-historical perspective to myriad aspects of ancie
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Language: en
Pages: 375
Authors: Donald G. Kyle
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-31 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle’s award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near Ea
Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World
Language: en
Pages: 424
Authors: Donald G. Kyle
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-09-18 - Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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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
Sport and Identity in Ancient Greece
Language: en
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Authors: Zinon Papakonstantinou
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-04-24 - Publisher: Routledge

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From the eighth century BCE to the late third century CE, Greeks trained in sport and competed in periodic contests that generated enormous popular interest. As
Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Paul Christesen
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book explores the relationship between sport and democratization. Drawing on sociological and historical methodologies, it provides a framework for underst