Title Combat sports in the ancient world : competition, violence, and culture / Michael B. Poliakoff.

Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale University Press, [1987]
	©1987

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	GV17 .P65 1987	Available	---

Description	xviii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series	Sport and history series
	Sport and history series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-194) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- [ch.] 1. General aspects of the ancient combat sports -- [ch.] 2. Wrestling -- [ch.] 3. Pankration -- [ch.] 4. Stick fighting -- [ch.] 5. Boxing -- [ch.] 6. Nature and purpose of combat sport -- [ch.] 7. Participants in Greek combat sport -- [ch.] 8. Metaphor, myth, and reality -- appendix. Combat sport, funeral cult, and human sacrifice -- List of abbreviations.
Provenance	Gift of Dr. James H. Poivan, Professor of History, Emeritus.
Subject	Games -- Greece.
	Games.
	Greece.
	Games -- Rome.
	Hand-to-hand fighting -- History.
	Hand-to-hand fighting.
	History.
	Combat -- History.
	Combat.
	Sports -- History.
	Sports.
ISBN	0300037686 alkaline paper
	9780300037685 alkaline paper