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Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources
Stephen G. Miller
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| #336722 in Books | 2004-06-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .63 x6.04 x9.12l,.77 | File type: PDF | 248 pages||1 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Easy read|By StephLo|I had to read this for a college course in ancient athletics. I liked it. It's easy to understand and not boring like most textbooks.|1 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By jaskaran|Perfect|0 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Five StarsFrom Library Journal|"Arete" was a word used by ancient Greeks to convey the sense of skill, excellence, and honor in their sports. This collection explores arete in 192 readings drawn from ancient texts translated, edited, and annotated by Miller (classical arc
From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compileda trove of ancient sources: Plutarch on boxing, Aristotle on the pentathlon, Philostratos on the buying and selling of victories, Vitruvius on literary competitions, and Xenophon on female body building. Arete offers readers an absorbing lesson in the culture of Greek athletics from the greatest of teachers, the ancients themselves, and demonstrates that t...
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