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Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources

By Stephen G. Miller

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0520241541, 9780520241541
LCC
GV21 .A73 2004
Open Library ID
OL18520300M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1373591 bytes)
Edition
3
Pages
251\251
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compileda trove of ancient sources: Plutarch on boxing, Aristotle on the pentathlon, Philostratos on the buying and selling of victories, Vitruvius on literary competitions, and Xenophon on female body building. With nearly 50 percent more texts than the highly successful second edition, this new version of Arete offers readers an absorbing lesson in the culture of Greek athletics from the greatest of teachers, the ancients themselves, and demonstrates that the concepts of virtue, skill, pride, valor, and nobility embedded in the word arete are only part of the story from antiquity.

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