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Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources
Stephen G. Miller
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Description for Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390. Greek Sports from Ancient Sources. 256 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBLA. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 15. Weight: 390.
From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compiled a trove of ancient sources: Plutarch on boxing, Aristotle on the pentathlon, Philostratos on the buying and selling of victories, Vitruvius on literary competitions, and Xenophon on female body building. Arete offers readers an absorbing lesson in the culture of Greek athletics from the greatest of teachers, the ancients themselves, and demonstrates that the concepts of virtue, skill, pride, valor, and nobility embedded in the word arete are only part of the story from antiquity. This bestselling volume on the culture ... Read more
From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compiled a trove of ancient sources: Plutarch on boxing, Aristotle on the pentathlon, Philostratos on the buying and selling of victories, Vitruvius on literary competitions, and Xenophon on female body building. Arete offers readers an absorbing lesson in the culture of Greek athletics from the greatest of teachers, the ancients themselves, and demonstrates that the concepts of virtue, skill, pride, valor, and nobility embedded in the word arete are only part of the story from antiquity. This bestselling volume on the culture ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
390g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520274334
SKU
V9780520274334
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About Stephen G. Miller
Stephen G. Miller is Professor of Classical Archaeology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. Paul Christesen is Associate Professor of Classics at Dartmouth College.
Reviews for Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources
A remarkable compendium of ancient sources ... An invaluable resource for the study of Greek sport ... What Miller's Arete does extremely well is to show that 'nearly almost every aspect of athletics we know today existed already in that distant but kindred world' The European Legacy