A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity

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Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College, USA) Charles H. Stocking (Western University, Canada)

A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity

Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College, USA), Charles H. Stocking (Western University, Canada), John McClelland (Victoria College, University of Toronto, Canada) , Mark Dyreson (Pennsylvania State University, USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic
31 August 2022

History of art: ancient & classical art; Social & cultural history; Sociology: sport & leisure

Series: The Cultural Histories Series

A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity covers the period 800 BCE to 600 CE. From the founding of the Olympics and Rome’s celebratory games, sport permeated the cultural life of Greco-Roman antiquity almost as it does our own. Gymnasiums, public baths, monumental arenas, and circuses for chariot racing were constructed, and athletic contests proliferated. Sports-themed household objects were very popular, whilst the exploits of individual athletes, gladiators, and charioteers were immortalized in poetry, monuments, and the mosaic floors of the wealthy. This rich sporting culture attests to the importance of leisure among the middle and upper classes of the Greco-Roman world, but by 600 CE rising costs, barbarian invasions, and Christianity had swept it all away.

The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion and segregation; minds, bodies and identities; representation.

Paul Christesen is Professor at Dartmouth College, USA. Charles Stocking is Associate Professor at Western University, Canada.

Volume 1 in the Cultural History of Sport set General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland

Edited by: Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College USA), Charles H. Stocking (Western University, Canada)
Series edited by: John McClelland (Victoria College University of Toronto Canada), Mark Dyreson (Pennsylvania State University, USA), Wray Vamplew (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 248mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9781350023963
ISBN 10: 1350023965
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 31 August 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Christesen is William R. Kenan Professor of Ancient Greek History in the Department of Classics at Dartmouth College. His recent publications include A New Reading of the Damonon Stele (2019). Charles Stocking is Associate Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Western University. His recent publications include The Politics of Sacrifice in Early Greek Myth and Poetry (2017).

Reviews for A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity

The whole book with its thoroughly researched and argued conclusions is a mine of interesting and thought-provoking details and discussions ... [T]his scholarly volume is to be highly commended. * Classics for All *