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Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / Donald G. Kyle.

Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / Donald G. Ky...

Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / Donald G. Kyle.

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Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / Donald G. Kyle.

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Full title

Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / Donald G. Kyle.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Oxford : Blackwell, c2007 [i.e. 2006].

Call Numbers

G 2013/7186

Record Identifier

74VKKEQK2Zp3

MMS ID

991021898389702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xv, 403 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Contents

Origins and essences : early sport and spectacle -- Late bronze age Minoans, Hittites, and Mycenaeans -- Sport in Homer : contests, prizes, and honor -- Archaic Greece : athletics in an age of change -- In search of the ancient olympics -- Ancient Olympia and its games -- Panhellenic sacred crown ga...

Publication information

Publisher

Oxford : Blackwell, c2007 [i.e. 2006].

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

c2007 [i.e. 2006].

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World chronicles 2,000 years of organized sporting events and public exhibition in the ancient Mediterranean. Using the evidence of art history and archaeology, as well as more traditional literary evidence, this volume uses the perspectives of social history and anthropology to examine the history, nature, and m...

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Full title

Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / Donald G. Kyle.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Ancient cultures.

Ancient cultures.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [377]-388.

State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF N796.0937/3.

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Date Copyright

c2007 [i.e. 2006].

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Call Numbers

G 2013/7186

Record Identifier

74VKKEQK2Zp3

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKEQK2Zp3

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ISBN

063122971X (pbk.) :

9780631229704 (hbk.) :

0631229701 (hbk.) :

9780631229711 (pbk.) :

DDC

796.0937

MMS ID

991021898389702626

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