Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z

by: Golden, M.

Price: 94,00 EURO

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Description
Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z covers an extraordinarily wide range of Greek and Roman sporting activities.

Arranged in an easy-to-use dictionary format, this volume includes more than 700 entries discussing ancient athletes, festivals, important sites, equipment and concepts. The approach throughout is comprehensive yet succinct, with key topics, such as athletic festivals, chariot racing, prizes and the role of women receiving more detailed discussion.

Each entry concludes with pointers to the most important sources of information, both ancient and modern. The places mentioned in the text are picked out on a useful map, and a timeline of significant developments and events is also included.

Reliable, enjoyable, and up-to-date, this handy work of reference will suit readers from student level upwards.

 Contents:
Introduction, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations and short titles, Some important dates, Map of the Greek and Roman world, SPORT IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

Series:
Ancient world from A to Z

Symposion 1997. Vortrage zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Altafiumara, 8.-14. September 1997)

by: Thur, G. Cantarella, E.

• ISBN-13: 9783412045012 / 978-3-412-04501-2
• ISBN-03: 3412045012 / 3-412-04501-2
• Bohlau Verlag, Koln, 2001

Price: 59,00 EURO

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Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z

by: Golden, M.

• ISBN-13: 9780415248815 / 978-0-415-24881-5
• ISBN-03: 0415248817 / 0-415-24881-7
• Routledge, London, 2004

Price: 94,00 EURO

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Analekta Hierosolymitikes Stachyologias: Band I-II-III-IV-V / ΑΝΑΛΕΚΤΑ ΙΕΡΟΣΟΛΥΜΙΤΙΚΗΣ ΣΤΑΧΥΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ή ΣΥΛΛΟΓΗ ΑΝΕΚΔΟΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΣΠΑΝΙΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΩΝ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΩΝ ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΩΑΝ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΩΝ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΛΙΣΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΠΑΛΑΙΣΤΙΝΩΝ. 5 ΤΟΜΟΙ

by: Papadopoulos-Kerameus, A. / ΠΑΠΑΔΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ-ΚΕΡΑΜΕΩΣ, Α.

• Culture et Civilisation, Bruxelles, 1963