| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 466 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-448) and index. |
| Summary |
Providing an overview of Greek athletics, this book explores when and how athletics was linked with religion, upbringing, gender, sexuality, and social values in an evolution from Homer until the Roman period. It is useful to all those interested in ancient and modern sports, religion, gender studies, sexuality, and cultural studies generally. |
| Contents |
Introduction--Reconstructing Ancient Sport; 1. Greek Athletics and Religion; 2. The Ecumenical Olympics--The Games in the Roman Era; 3. Athletics, Initiation, and Pederasty; 4. Racing for Hera--A Girls' Contest at Olympia; 5. "Only We Produce Men"--Spartan Female Athletics and Eugenics; 6. Race or Chase of "the Bears" at Brauron?; 7. Atalanta and Athletic Myths of Gender; 8. Eros and Greek Athletics; 9. Drama, Desire, and Death in Athletic Performance; 10. Conclusions--The Nexus of Athletics, Religion, Gender, and Eros; Abbreviations; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Athletics -- Greece -- History.
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Athletics. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
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Sports -- Greece -- History.
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Sports. |
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Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
To 146 B.C |
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To 146 B.C. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Eros and Greek athletics |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Scanlon, Thomas Francis. Eros & Greek athletics. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002 0195138899 9780195138894 (DLC) 2001021492 (OCoLC)46422147 |
| ISBN |
9780195348767 (electronic book) |
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0195348761 (electronic book) |
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0195138899 |
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0195149858 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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