A companion to sport and spectacle in Greek and Roman antiquity /
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2014.
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| Series: | Blackwell companions to the ancient world
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Table of Contents:
- General Introduction / Paul Christesen and Donald G. Kyle
- Section One. Greece
- Part One. The Background
- Greek Athletic Competitions : The Ancient Olympics and More / Donald G. Kyle
- Sport in the Aegean Bronze Age / Jeremy B. Rutter
- Sport in the Early Iron Age and Homeric Epic / Timothy P.J. Perry
- Representations of Sport in Greek Literature / Nigel Nicholson
- Picturing Victory : Representations of Sport in Greek Art / Jenifer Neils
- Inscriptions as Evidence for Greek Sport / H.W. Pleket
- Recent Trends in the Study of Greek Sport / Ingomar Weiler
- Part Two. Places
- Panhellenic Athletics at Olympia / Thomas Heine Nielsen
- Sport and Society in Sparta / Paul Christesen
- Sport, Society, and Politics in Athens / Donald G. Kyle
- Athletic Festivals in the Northern Peloponnese and Central Greece / David Gilman Romano
- Sport and Society in the Greek West / Carla M. Antonaccio
- Part Three. People, Settings, Ideas
- Sport and Democratization in Ancient Greece (with an Excursus on Athletic Nudity) / Paul Christesen
- Growing Up with Greek Sport : Education and Athletics / Werner Petermandl
- Eros and Greek Sport / Andrew Lear
- Greek Female Sport : Rites, Running, and Racing / Donald G. Kyle
- People on the Fringes of Greek Sport / Christian Mann
- The Greek Stadium as a Reflection of a Changing Society / Stephen G. Miller
- The Social Life of Greek Athletic Facilities (other than Stadia) / Michael Scott
- The Role of Religion in Greek Sport / Sarah C. Murray
- Ancient Critics of Greek Sport / Zinon Papakonstantinou
- Sport, Spectacle, and Society in Ancient Macedonia / Winthrop Lindsay Adams
- Part Four. Later Greek Sport and Spectacle
- Greek Sport in Egypt : Status Symbol and Lifestyle / Sofie Remijsen
- Sport in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor / H.W. Pleket
- Section Two. Rome
- Part One. The Background
- Overview of Roman Spectacle / Roger Dunkle
- Etruscan Sport / Giampiero Bevagna
- Writing Arenas : Roman Authors and Their Games / Zara Martirosova Torlone
- Representations of Spectacle and Sport in Roman Art / Steven L. Tuck
- Material Evidence for Roman Spectacle and Sport / Gregory S. Aldrete
- Trends in the Study of Roman Spectacle and Sport / Jerry Toner
- Part Two. Spectacles and Sport in Rome
- Gladiatorial Combat as Alluring Spectacle / Garrett G. Fagan
- Women with Swords : Female Gladiators in the Roman World / Stephen Brunet
- Roman Chariot Racing : Charioteers, Factions, Spectators / Sinclair Bell
- Roman Beast-Hunts / Chris Epplett
- Spectacular Executions in the Roman World / Chris Epplett
- Greek Sports in Rome / Hugh M. Lee
- Part Three. People, Settings, Ideas
- Amphitheaters in the Roman World / Hazel Dodge
- Venues for Spectacle and Sport (other than Amphitheaters) in the Roman World / Hazel Dodge
- People on the Margins of Roman Spectacle / Rose MacLean
- Religion and Roman Spectacle / John Zaleski
- Ancient Critics of Roman Spectacle and Sport / Kathryn Mammel
- Part Four. Later Roman Spectacle and Sport
- Romanization through Spectacle in the Greek East / Michael Carter
- Spectacle and Sport in Constantinople in the Sixth Century CE / David Alan Parnell.