Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / Donald G. Kyle.
Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / Donald G. Kyle.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Oxford : Blackwell, c2007 [i.e. 2006].
Call Numbers
G 2013/7186
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
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].
Subjects
More information
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...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Sport and spectacle in the ancient world / Donald G. Kyle.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2013/7186
Record Identifier
74VKKEQK2Zp3
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKEQK2Zp3
Other Identifiers
ISBN
063122971X (pbk.) :
9780631229704 (hbk.) :
0631229701 (hbk.) :
9780631229711 (pbk.) :
DDC
796.0937
MMS ID
991021898389702626
