The ancient Olympics

著者

• Spivey, Nigel Jonathan

書誌事項

The ancient Olympics

Nigel Spivey

Oxford University Press, 2005

• : pbk.

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The word 'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb 'to struggle for a prize'. After reading this book, no one will see the Olympics as a graceful display of Greek beauty again, but as war by other means. Nigel Spivey paints a portrait of the Greek Olympics as they really were - fierce contests between bitter rivals, in which victors won kudos and rewards, and losers faced scorn and even assault. Victory was almost worth dying for, and a number of athletes did just that. Many more resorted to cheating and bribery. Contested always bitterly and often bloodily, the ancient Olympics were not an idealistic celebration of unity, but a clash of military powers in an arena not far removed from the battlefield.

目次

• 1. War 'Minus the Shooting'
• 2. In Training for Beautiful Goodness
• 3. The Programme of Agony
• 4. Sweet Victory
• 5. The Politics of Contest
• 6. Olympia: The Origins
• 7 Olympia: The Afterlife

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA74996576
• ISBN:
  • 0192806041
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Oxford
• ページ数/冊数: xxi, 273 p.
• 大きさ: 20 cm