Format:
xviii, 389 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Edition:
First published
ISBN:
9781107050785
Series Statement:
Greek culture in the Roman world
Content:
"Around AD 250 athletics was a significant part of civic life from southern Gaul and northern Africa to Syria and Egypt. Within this broad area, exercising in the gymnasium was a beloved pastime among those members of ancient society who could afford to be (occasionally) at leisure. Hundreds of agones, contests for athletes and/or performing artists, were organized by almost as many cities. Though some of these competitions could look back on centuries-old traditions, most had been founded only a century or even a few decades before, as part of a phenomenon described by Louis Robert as the "agonistic explosion" of the imperial age"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 349-377 und Index
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. An Overview of Athletics in Late Antiquity: 1. Greece; 2. Asia Minor; 3. Syria; 4. Egypt; 5. Italy; 6. Gaul; 7. North Africa; Conclusions to Part I; Part II. Agones in a Changing World: 8. A religious ban?; 9. An imperial ban?; 10. The athletic professionals; 11. Athletics as elite activity; 12. The practical organization of agones; 13. The agon as spectacle; Conclusions to Part II.
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Remijsen, S. The end of Greek athletics in late Antiquity Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015 ISBN 9781107279636
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Sports Science
Keywords:
Olympische Spiele
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Spätantike
;
Olympische Spiele
;
Griechenland
;
Niedergang
