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Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World
Donald G. Kyle
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Description for Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World
Paperback. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 192 x 18. Weight in Grams: 644.
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
• ... Read more
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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Ancient Cultures
Condition
New
Weight
644g
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118613566
SKU
V9781118613566
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Ref
99-50
About Donald G. Kyle
Donald G. Kyle is Professor, former Chair of History, and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is the author of Athletics in Ancient Athens (1987), Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome (1998), Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World (Wiley-Blackwell 2007); and co-editor (with Paul Christesen) of A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek ... Read more
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