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Kyle, Donald G.

Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World

Kyle, Donald G. - Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World, ebook

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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)
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

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