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Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc (US) |
Author(s) | Donald G. Kyle |
Edition | 2 |
Published | 19th December 2014 |
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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
? Covers topics including violence, professionalism in
sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of
spectacle to political structures