Money and Honor in Ancient Athletics

by: Begass, C. Mann, Chr. Tentori Montalto, M.

Christoph Begass (Hg.) , Christian Mann (Hg.) , Marco Tentori Montalto (Hg.)

Money and Honor in Ancient Athletics

Experts of ancient sport have long treated "money" and "honor" as opposites. Up to the 1970s, the idea of Greek gentlemen's sport prevailed. It is one of the most exciting challenges for sport historians to overcome this opposition and to develop a concept that integrates the economic and symbolic motivations of ancient athletes. From the very beginning, economic aspects played a role in Greek sport, and honor remained important until the end of ancient athletics. But despite these continuities there are obvious developments in favor of economic factors: Cash prizes grew in importance since the Hellenistic period, and symbolical honors awarded to victorious athletes by their hometowns were transformed into financial ones.

The studies collected in this volume aim at exploring the relationship of money and honor with regard to athletes, festivals and poleis.

CONTENTS

Preface ..................................................................................................................... 7

Abstracts .................................................................................................................. 9

Christian Mann Einführung: Geld, Ehre und Sport in der antiken Gesellschaft ............................. 13

Thomas Heine Nielsen On the Pursuit of Athletic Glory by the poleis of Late-Archaic and Classical Greece ................................................................... 25

Georgios Mouratidis Money, Honour, and Athletics in the Hellenistic polis ......................................... 59

Christoph Begass „Großzügig“, „gerecht“ und „vielfach geehrt“? Zur Selbstdarstellung der Agonotheten in Hellenismus und Kaiserzeit ................ 75

Zinon Papakonstantinou Sport Prizes in Archaic and Classical Greece: Funeral Games and the Great Panathenaia ............................................................ 91

Alexis Dhenain L?argent dans la motivation des athlètes gymniques à l?époque hellénistique .... 115

Marco Tentori Montalto Geld und Ehre in der Selbstdarstellung der Athleten in der Kaiserzeit ............... 145

Arlette Neumann-Hartmann Ehre und Siegespreise in der Agonistik des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. – Die Perspektive der Epinikien ............................................................................. 175

Maria Letizia Caldelli Denaro e simboli della vitoria nell?agonistica di epoca romana: Dialogo tra immagini e fonti scritte. Un caso studio: Il mosaico degli aurighi di Ostia ............................................... 193

Index .................................................................................................................... 217

Umfang 228 Seiten
Abbildungen 9 s/w Abb., 3 s/w Tab.
Format 17,0 x 24,0 cm
Sprache Deutsch, Englisch, Italienisch

Money and Honor in Ancient Athletics

by: Begass, C. Mann, Chr. Tentori Montalto, M.

• ISBN-13: 9783515136341 / 978-3-515-13634-1
• ISBN-03: 3515136347 / 3-515-13634-7
• Franz Steiner, Stuttgart, 2024