Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World by David Phillips (English) Hardco

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First launched at the time of the Athens Olympics, Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World has become a classic study in its field.

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How did sport and festival affect the ancient Greek city? How did the values of athletics pervade Greek culture? This collection of fifteen new studies from an international cast took its inspiration from the exceptional Sydney Olympics of 2000. The focus here is on the ancient world, but additional there is a sophisticated look at how Greek artefacts linked with sport can best be presented to the modern world.

Author Biography

ROBERT G. ECCELES
Dr. Eccles is a founder and President of Advisory Capital Partners, Inc. and a Senior Fellow of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was a tenured professor at the Harvard Business School, where he served on the faculty for 14 years. While there, one of his major research interests was performance measurement and reporting. Dr. Eccles received his undergraduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. from Harvard University.
ROBERT H. HERZ
A partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Robert Herz is the firm’ s North America Leader of Professional

Table of Contents

Introduction - David J. Phillips and David Pritchard PART I: OLYMPIA AND THE OLYMPICS 1. The organization and functioning of the Olympic Games - Stephen Miller 2. The German excavations at Olympia: An introduction - Helmut Kyrieleis Translated by Suzanne Binder 3. Elis and Olympia: City, sanctuary and politics - Nigel B. Crowther PART II: ATHLETIC POETRY AND OLYMPIC MYTHOLOGY 4. Victory statue, victory song: Pindar's agonistic poetics and its legacy - Patrick O'Sullivan 5. Olympia and the chariot-race of Pelops - John Davidson PART III: THE ORIGINS OF ATHLETIC AND CHORAL COMPETITIONS 6. Homer, funeral contests and the origins of the Greek city - Ben Brown 7. The politics of dance: Dithyrambic contest and social order in ancient Greece - Peter Wilson PART IV: ATHENS AND ITS FESTIVALS 8. Athenian political history: A Panathenaic perspective - David J. Phillips 9. The Parthenon frieze as an idealized, contemporary Panathenaic festival - Tom Stevenson 10. The curious matter of the Lenaia festival of 422 BC - Ian C. Storey PART V: ATHLETICS, EDUCATION AND PHILOSOPHY 11. Athletics, education and participation in classical Athens - David Pritchard 12. Athletics, competition and the intellectual - Harold Tarrant PART VI: CURATING THE ANCIENT OLYMPICS 13. '1000 Years of the Olympic Games: Treasures of Ancient Greece': The Powerhouse Museum exhibition - Paul Donnelly and Kevin Fewster 14. VROOM (Virtual Reconstruction Of Olympia Model): The creation of a virtual tour from a digital model - Kate da Costa, Sarah Kenderdine, Cliff Ogleby, John Ristevski 15. '1000 Years of the Olympic Games: Treasures of Ancient Greece': A study of audiences and impact - Carol Scott Index and Glossary

Review

"'An important collection of papers... It will become a basic reference work for a wide variety of university courses.' Professor Robin Osborne, University of Cambridge."

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How did sport and festival affect the ancient Greek city? How did the values of athletics pervade Greek culture? This collection of fifteen new studies from an international cast took its inspiration from the exceptional Sydney Olympics of 2000. The focus here is on the ancient world, but additionally there is a sophisticated look at how Greek artefacts linked with sport can best be presented to the modern world.

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It will become a basic reference work for a wide range of university courses.

Details ISBN0954384512 Author etc. Short Title SPORT & FESTIVAL IN THE ANCIEN Publisher Classical Press of Wales Language English ISBN-10 0954384512 ISBN-13 9780954384517 Media Book Format Hardcover Pages 416 Imprint Classical Press of Wales Place of Publication Swansea Country of Publication United Kingdom Replaces 9780715632444 Edited by David Pritchard Illustrations b/w illus DOI 10.1604/9780954384517 AU Release Date 2012-06-01 NZ Release Date 2012-06-01 UK Release Date 2012-06-01 Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-06-01 DEWEY 938 Audience General We've got this

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