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Arete : Greek Sports From Ancient Sources - Expanded Edition - 3rd edition

by Stephen G. Miller

Arete : Greek Sports From Ancient Sources - Expanded Edition (ISBN10: 0520241541; ISBN13: 9780520241541)
ISBN13: 978-0520241541
ISBN10: 0520241541

Summary: 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. With nearly 50 percent more texts than the highly successful second edition, this new version of Arete offers readers an absorbing lesson in the culture of ...show more 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. ...show less

Edition/Copyright: 3RD 04
Cover: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 06/07/2004

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