Aristocracy and Athletics in Archaic and Classical Greece

ISBN-13: 9780521845229 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 296 str.

Nigel Nicholson

Opis

Athletics represented an important institution through which the Greek aristocracies sought to maintain their privileged political position, with the assistance of charioteers, jockeys and trainers from the lower classes. In the late archaic and early classical period, the relationship between the victors and helpers changed radically, threatening the political value of athletics, and undermining the institution for aristocrats. Nigel Nicholson examines how aristocrats responded to these changes through a study of the significance of victory memorials as a symbol of social struggle in ancient Greece.

Recenzje

Review of the hardback: 'Aristocracy and Athletics is a valuable addition to scholarship on the agonistic culture of the 6th and 5th centuries BC, and on ancient epinikian … The argument of the book is pursued with an impressive single-mindedness and clarity; and one of its most attractive features is its comprehensiveness.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Spis treści

Part I. Charioteers, Mule-Cart Drivers and Jockeys: 1. Missing persons; 2. Carrhotus and Cnopiadas; 3. Nicomachus; 4. Phintis; 5. Pherenicus and Lycus; Part II. Athletic Trainers: 6. More missing persons; 7. Melesias; 8. Menander; 9. Chiron and Athena.