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1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans |
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Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation |
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Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
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1. Introduction : Greeks, Romans, and athletics in the Roman world -- 2. Greek athletics in the heart of Rome -- 3. Visualizing athletics in the Roman baths -- 4. Idealized statues in Roman villas -- 5. Training warriors : the merits of a physical education -- 6. The Athenian Ephebeia : performing the past -- 7. Olympia and Pausanias' construction of Greece -- 8. Gymnasia, festivals, and euergetism in Asia minor -- 9 . Conclusions |
| Summary |
Includes information on Athens, baths, boxing, Capitoline games at Rome, crowns, discus thrower statue, festivals, Gaul, gymnasium, Hadrian, Heracles, homoeroticism, identity, Myron, Nero, Olympic games, Ostia, Pausanias, Philostratus, Polycletius, Pomeii, Rome, sculpture, Sparta, theatre, victory statues, villas, etc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Athletics -- Greece -- Philosophy
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Athletics -- Social aspects -- Greece
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Athletics -- Rome
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Nationalism and sports -- Greece
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Track & Field.
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Athletics
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Athletics -- Philosophy
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Civilization -- Greek influences
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Nationalism and sports
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Sport
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Atletiek.
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Sociale aspecten.
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Culturele aspecten.
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| SUBJECT |
Rome -- Civilization -- Greek influences.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115097
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Greece
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Rome (Empire)
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Römisches Reich
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Griechenland Altertum
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781429470902 |
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1429470909 |
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9780191515576 |
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0191515574 |
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9786610758197 |
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6610758190 |
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1280758198 |
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9781280758195 |
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