Sport, democracy and war in classical Athens

"Athenian democracy may have opened up politics to every citizen, but it had no impact on participation in sport. The city's sportsmen continued to be drawn from the elite, and so it comes as a surprise that sport was very popular with non-elite citizens of the classical period, who reward...

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Autor principal: Pritchard, David
Autor corporatiu: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Problems, models and sources; 2. Athletic participation and education; 3. The democratic support of athletics; 4. Athletics in satyric drama; 5. The common culture of athletics and war; 6. The democratisation of war; 7. Conclusion: athletic ephebes.