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" Greek athletics in the Roman world : "
Zahra Newby.
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BL
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1037961
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b792331
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| Main Entry
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Newby, Zahra.
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Greek athletics in the Roman world : : victory and virtue /\ Zahra Newby.
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2005.
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Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
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1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) :: illustrations, maps, plans
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0191515574
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: 1280758198
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: 1429470909
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: 9780191515576
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: 9781280758195
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: 9781429470902
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: 9786610758197
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0199279306
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9780199279302
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction : Greeks, Romans, and athletics in the Roman world -- 2. Greek athletics in the heart of Rome -- 3. Visualizing athletics in the Roman baths -- 4. Idealized statues in Roman villas -- 5. Training warriors : the merits of a physical education -- 6. The Athenian Ephebeia : performing the past -- 7. Olympia and Pausanias' construction of Greece -- 8. Gymnasia, festivals, and euergetism in Asia minor -- 9 . Conclusions.
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Includes information on Athens, baths, boxing, Capitoline games at Rome, crowns, discus thrower statue, festivals, Gaul, gymnasium, Hadrian, Heracles, homoeroticism, identity, Myron, Nero, Olympic games, Ostia, Pausanias, Philostratus, Polycletius, Pomeii, Rome, sculpture, Sparta, theatre, victory statues, villas, etc.
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Athletics-- Social aspects-- Greece.
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Athletics-- Greece-- Philosophy.
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Athletics-- Rome.
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Nationalism and sports-- Greece.
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Nationalisme et sports-- Grèce.
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Sports athlétiques-- Aspect social-- Grèce.
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Sports athlétiques-- Grèce-- Philosophie.
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Sports athlétiques-- Rome.
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Athletics-- Philosophy.
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Athletics.
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Civilization-- Greek influences.
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Nationalism and sports.
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Sport
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Track Field.
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Atletiek.
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Culturele aspecten.
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Sociale aspecten.
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Rome, Civilization, Greek influences.
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Rome, Civilisation, Influence grecque.
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Greece.
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Griechenland
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Rome (Empire)
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Römisches Reich
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| Dewey Classification
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796.4209380937
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GV573.N49 2005eb
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15.52bcl
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