Arete - Greek Sports from Ancient Sources 3e
ISBN: 9780520274334 | 0520274334
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Pub. Date: 10/1/2012
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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. 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. This bestselling volume on the culture of Greek athletics is updated with a new preface by leading scholar Paul Christesen that discusses the book's continued importance for students of ancient athletics.
| Abbreviations | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| The Earliest Days of Greek Athletics: 1-2 | p. 1 |
| Nudity and Equipment: 3-19 | p. 16 |
| The Events at a Competition | p. 23 |
| Running: 20-31 | p. 23 |
| Wrestling: 32-36 | p. 27 |
| Boxing: 37-43 | p. 32 |
| Pankration: 44-46 | p. 37 |
| Pentathlon: 47-65 | p.... MORE |
| Equestrian: 66-72 | p. 50 |
| Herald and Trumpeter: 73-74 | p. 57 |
| Music: 75-76 | p. 58 |
| Poetry and Prose Composition: 77-78 | p. 59 |
| Acting: 79 | p. 61 |
| Painting: 80 | p. 61 |
| Organization of a Panhellenic Festival | p. 63 |
| Preparations at the Site: 81-82 | p. 63 |
| Preparations of the Athletes: 83-86 | p. 65 |
| The Truce: 87-89 | p. 67 |
| Preliminaries: Registration and Certification: 90-94 | p. 69 |
| Schedule, Heats, and Pairings: 95-99 | p. 70 |
| Prohibitions and Penalties: 100-104 | p. 73 |
| Officials: 105-109 | p. 75 |
| Rewards for Victory: 110-118 | p. 76 |
| Local Festivals | p. 81 |
| The Panathenaic Games of Athens: 119-123 | p. 81 |
| The Eleutheria of Larissa in Thessaly: 124-126 | p. 86 |
| The Bomonikai of Sparta: 127 | p. 88 |
| The Role of the Games in Society: 128-148 | p. 89 |
| Women in Athletics: 149-162 | p. 105 |
| Athletes and heroes: 163-175 | p. 111 |
| Ball Playing: 176-178 | p. 120 |
| Gymnasion, Athletics, and Education: 179-189 | p. 126 |
| The Spread of Greek Athletics in the Hellenistic Period: 190-199 | p. 153 |
| Greek Athletics in the Roman Period: 200-204 | p. 160 |
| Amateurism and Professionalism: 205-223 | p. 165 |
| Nationalism and Internationalism: 224-231 | p. 181 |
| Relations between the Panhellenic Sanctuaries: 232-236 | p. 184 |
| Relations between City-States and the Panhellenic Sanctuaries: 237-242 | p. 186 |
| Relations between City-States at the Panhellenic Sanctuaries: 243-247 | p. 190 |
| Beauty and Reality: 248-256 | p. 192 |
| Appendix: The Olympian and Pythian Programs | p. 201 |
| Select Bibliography | p. 203 |
| Index and Glossary | p. 209 |
| Sources for the Chapter-Opening Sketches | p. 235 |
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Stephen G. Miller is Professor of Classical Archaeology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. Paul Christesen is Associate Professor of Classics at Dartmouth College.
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