Sport and spectacle in the ancient world
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The second edition ofSport and Spectacle in the Ancient Worldupdates 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
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Donald G
Kyle - Language
- English
- Series
- Ancient cultures (Malden Mass.)
- ISBN
- 9781118613566
- Release date
- 2014
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The second edition ofSport and Spectacle in the Ancient Worldupdates Donald G. Kyle’s award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near Eas...