Sport, democracy and war in classical Athens /
"Athenian democracy may have opened up politics to every citizen, but it had no impact on participation in sport. The city's sportsmen continued to be drawn from the elite, and so it comes as a surprise that sport was very popular with non-elite citizens of the classical period, who reward...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK :
Cambridge University Press,
2013, ©2013.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "Athenian democracy may have opened up politics to every citizen, but it had no impact on participation in sport. The city's sportsmen continued to be drawn from the elite, and so it comes as a surprise that sport was very popular with non-elite citizens of the classical period, who rewarded victorious sportsmen lavishly and created an unrivalled program of local sporting festivals on which they spent staggering sums of money. They also shielded sportsmen from the public criticism which was otherwise normally directed towards the elite and its conspicuous activities. This book is a bold and novel exploration of this apparent contradiction, which examines three of the fundamental aspects of Athens in the classical period - democratic politics, public commitment to sport and constant warfare - and is essential reading for all of those who are interested in Greek sport, Athenian democracy and its waging of war"-- |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139776363 1139776363 9781139030519 1139030515 9781283746335 1283746336 9781139779401 1139779400 9781139782395 1139782398 1139888269 9781139888264 1139793772 9781139793773 1139783394 9781139783392 1139777882 9781139777889 |
