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Auteur(s) : Nielsen, Thomas Heine
Titre(s) : Two studies in the history of ancient Greek athletics [Texte imprimé] / Thomas Heine Nielsen
Publication : [Copenhagen] : Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (299 p.) : maps ; 23 cm
Collection : Scientia Danica. Series H. Humanistica 8, ISSN 1904-5492 ; vol. 16
Lien à la collection : Scientia danica. Series H. Humanistica 8
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Two Studies in the History of Ancient Greek Athletics:0I) A Survey of the Proliferation
of Athletic and Equestrian Competitions in Late Archaic and Classical Greece.0II)
The Prestige of a Nemean Victory.0The first study is a survey of the number of festivals
with athletic and equestrian competitions which existed throughout the Greek world
in the late Archaic and Classical periods. It is demonstrated that athletic festivals
were celebrated in far greater numbers than usually assumed.0The second study discusses
the symbolic value and prestige of athletic victories achieved at the sanctuary of
Zeus at Nemea in the Peloponnese, by focusing on the value attached by victorious
athletes and their home communities to such victories and by situating the contests
at Nemea in the competitive landscape of late Archaic and Classical Greece delineated
in the first study. It is concluded that the prestige of a Nemean victory outshone
by far that of a victory in any of the numerous athletic festivals which did not form
a part of the great Big Four of the Olympic, Pythian, Isthmian and Nemean festivals
Sujet(s) : Athlètes -- Grèce -- Antiquité
Sports -- Société -- Grèce -- Antiquité
Compétitions -- Grèce -- Antiquité
Compétitions équestres -- Grèce -- Antiquité
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9788773044124. - ISBN 8773044121 (br.)
EAN 9788773044124
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45551202j
Notice n° :
FRBNF45551202
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. A survey of the proliferation of athletic and equestrian competitions in Late Archaic
and Classical Greece ; 2. The prestige of a Nemean victory.
