Kyle, Donald G.
Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World
The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle’s award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire.
• Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks
• Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the other’s entertainment
• Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response
• Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures
Keywords: Ancient world, ancient games, gladiators, chariot races, ancient sports, ancient spectacles, Greek Olympics, Greek games, Greek stadium, Olympic games, Roman Colosseum, Roman spectacles, Ancient & Classical Studies, Sports, Ancient & Classical Studies, Sports
- Author(s)
- Kyle, Donald G.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2015
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 2
- Series
- Ancient Cultures
- Page amount
- 376 pages
- Category
- History
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118613801
- Printed ISBN
- 9781118613566