TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,Stephen G.
TI  - Arete: Greek sports from ancient sources 
SN  - 9780520953949
AV  - GV21 .A73 2004eb
U1  - 796/.0938 22
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Sports
KW  - Greece
KW  - History
KW  - Sources
KW  - Sports in literature
KW  - Grèce
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Sports dans la littérature
KW  - SPORTS & RECREATION
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Ancient
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Frontmatter --; Contents --; Abbreviations --; Foreword --; Introduction --; I. The Earliest Days Of Greek Athletics: 1-2 --; II. Nudity And Equipment: 3-19 --; III. The Events At A Competition --; IV. Organization Of A Panhellenic Festival --; V. Local Festivals --; VI. The Role Of The Games In Society: 128-148 --; VII. Women In Athletics: 149-162 --; VIII. Athletes And Heroes: 163-175 --; IX. Ball Playing: 176-178 --; X. Gymnasion, Athletics, And Education: 179-189 --; XI. The Spread Of Greek Athletics In The Hellenistic Period: 190-199 --; XII. Greek Athletics In The Roman Period: 200-204 --; XIII. Amateurism And Professionalism: 205-223 --; XIV. Nationalism And Internationalism: 224-231 --; XV. Beauty And Reality: 248-256 --; Appendix: The Olympian And Pythian Programs --; Select Bibliography --; Index And Glossary --; Sources For The Chapter-Opening Sketches
N2  - From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compileda 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. Thi
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