Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World by Kyle, Donald G.
by Kyle, Donald G. | PB | Good
US $8.78
Approximately£6.49
Condition:
“Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, ”... Read moreAbout condition
Good
A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
Last one1 sold
- Buy it nowSport and Spectacle in the Ancient World by Kyle, Donald G.
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Postage:
Free Economy Shipping.
Estimated between Thu, 29 May and Tue, 3 Jun to 94104
Located in: Aurora, Illinois, United States
Returns:
30 days return. Seller pays for return postage.
Payments:
Shop with confidence
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:374225644541
Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Book Title
- Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 063122971X
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
063122971X
ISBN-13
9780631229711
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038685429
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
424 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Ancient / General, History
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Sports & Recreation, History
Series
Ancient Cultures Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-037144
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
& "Donald Kyle has given us both a broad overview and a richly detailed examination of ancient sport. It is a mature work, the result of a lifetime of research into the subject, and an extremely important addition to it. This book brings us the current status of our knowledge and will have lasting importance. & "Stephen G. Miller, University of California, Berkeley& "There are many plums in this rich and well-illustrated pudding of a book. . . Do not hesitate to put in your thumb. & " Paul Cartledge, Times Higher Education Supplement, "Donald Kyle has given us both a broad overview and a richly detailed examination of ancient sport. It is a mature work, the result of a lifetime of research into the subject, and an extremely important addition to it. This book brings us the current status of our knowledge and will have lasting importance." Stephen G. Miller, University of California, Berkeley, Winner of the 2008 Book Award of the North American Society for Sport History "A masterful compendium of our current state of knowledge in the ever-expanding field of ancient sport, covering a wide range of historical periods and civilizations. As such, Sport and Spectacle will become an indispensable work of reference for students in courses on ancient sport and researchers who are not very familiar with the field. At the same time, Kyle is cognizant of the latest scholarship and engages with it closely, often in an insightful and original manner. As a result, Sport and Spectacle is also an invaluable scholarly contribution ... In short, this is a book written with knowledge, enthusiasm and wit. It will be enjoyed and employed for decades to come." International Journal of the History of Sport "A pioneer in the resurgence of research on Greek sport ... No-one is better qualified to write an English-language synthesis on sport and spectacle in the ancient world. This book does not disappoint ... Whatever place and time Kyle examines, fresh and persuasive insights abound." Bryn Mawr Classical Review "Here one will find not only impressive breadth of coverage (from 2000 BC Mesopotamia to the banning of gladiatorial combats in AD 404), but also detailed analysis based upon a solid theoretical platform of ancient sport studies." Greece and Rome "There are many plums in this rich and well-illustrated pudding of a book. . . Do not hesitate to put in your thumb." Paul Cartledge, Times Higher Education Supplement "Donald Kyle has given us both a broad overview and a richly detailed examination of ancient sport. It is a mature work, the result of a lifetime of research into the subject, and an extremely important addition to it. This book brings us the current status of our knowledge and will have lasting importance." Stephen G. Miller, University of California, Berkeley, "Donald Kyle has given us both a broad overview and a richly detailed examination of ancient sport. It is a mature work, the result of a lifetime of research into the subject, and an extremely important addition to it. This book brings us the current status of our knowledge and will have lasting importance. " Stephen G. Miller, University of California, Berkeley "There are many plums in this rich and well-illustrated pudding of a book. Do not hesitate to put in your thumb. " Paul Cartledge, Times Higher Education Supplement
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
796.093
Table Of Content
Abbreviations.Preface and Acknowledgements.Introduction: Ancient Sport History.Why Sport History.Why Ancient Sport History.Word Games and Wars of Words: Conceptualizing Sport and Spectacle.Challenges: Evidence, Chronology and Modernism.Sports and Spectacles as Cultural Performances.Greece and Rome: Positive and Negative Classicism.Sports as Spectacles, Spectacles as Sport.Sport as History and History as Sport .1. Origins and Essences: Early Sport and Spectacle.Mesopotamian Combat Sports and Running.Egypt: from Hunting to Sporting Pharaohs.Royal Hunts as a Near Eastern Tradition.Conclusions: States and Sports, Empires and Spectacles.2. Late Bronze Age Minoans, Hittites and MycenaeansMinoan Performances: Rites, Contests or Spectacles.Hittite Contests.Mycenaean Contests.3. Sport in Homer: Contests, Prizes, Heroes and Honor.Funeral Games for Patroklos: Prizes and Reconciliation.The Odyssey: Sport and Returning Home.4. Archaic Greece: Athletic Festivals in an Age of Change.Factors and Features in the Growth of Archaic Athletics.Conclusion: The Coming of Age of Greek Sport.5. In Search of the Real Ancient Olympics.The Olympics of Illusion and Allusion .Modern Myths and Invented Traditions.The Morass of Olympic Origins: Explanations and Excavations.6. Ancient Olympic Games: Setting, Operation, Contests, and Spectacle.The Physical Context: Site, Sights and Facilities.The Olympic Athletic Festival: Operation and Administration.The Program of Contests.Olympia and Spectacle: Politics, Perfidy, Performance .7. The Panhellenic Circuit of Sacred Crown Games.Pythian Games.Isthmian Games.Nemean Games.8. Athens- City of Contests and Prizes.The Panathenaic Games: Sacred and Civic Athletics.Other Athletic Festivals [insert: Calendar of Festivals with Competitions].Athletic Facilities.Politics, Patronage and Sport in Democratic Athens.Athenian Competitors and Competitors at Athens *.Critics and Popular Attitudes.Fourth-Century and Proto-Hellenistic Trends .9. Spartan Sport and Physical Education: Building the Body Politic.Spartan Physical Education and the State.Spartan Athletics.Kyniska and Spartan Chariot-Racing at Olympia.10. Athletes: Myths, Motives, and Mobility.Athletic Stars and Stories.Victory and Glory: Pindaric Praise and Ideology.Athletes and Social History: Professionalism, Decline or Democratization.11. Females and Greek Athletics.The Heraia and Girls Races in the Stadium at Olympia.Women at the Male Olympics.Virgin Olympic Spectators.12. Macedon and Hellenistic Sport and Spectacle (to ca. 200 BC).Alexander the Great: Becoming Near Eastern through Spectacles.Hellenistic Sport and Spectacle.13. The Roman Republic: Festivals, Celebrations, and Games.Etruscan Sport and Spectacle: Greek Gifts and Roman Roots.Roman Festivals and Entertainments.Chariot Racing at Rome.Triumphs: Spectacles of Military Victory.Hunts and Beasts: Conquests and Games.Gladiators: Combats, Infamy and Virtue.Romans and Greek Sport.Hellenistic-Roman Spectacular Discourse.14. Late Republic and Augustus: Spectacles, Popular Politics, and Empire.The Meaning of Gladiatorial Combat.Sulla, Pompey and Caesar: Magnificence and Munificence.Augustus: Unification and Imperial Rule through Spectacle and Sport.Augustus the Showman.Augustus the Ringmaster: Arena Reforms and Regulations.15. Spectacle, Sport, and the Roman Empire (I).Days at the Races: Chariot Racing and the Roman Empire.Imperial Triumphs.Gladiators, Arenas and Empire.Beast Hunts: Nature and Empire.Spectacular Executions: Beasts and Social Order.Emperors, Spectacles, and Scandals.16. Games and the Roman Empire (II).Greek Games: Imperial Acceptance and Patronage.Professional Athletics in the Empire.Ecumenical and Enduring Olympics.Agonistic Festivals and City Life in the Greek East.Twilight of the Games: Christians and Closure, or Dearth and Demise.Conclusion: Sport and/or/as Spectacle.Selected Bibliography.Index.
Synopsis
This is a readable, up-to-date, illustrated introduction to the history of sport and spectacle in the ancient world from the Ancient Near East through Greek and Hellenistic times and into the Roman Empire. Covers athletics, combat sports, chariot racing, beast fights and gladiators. Traces the precursors of Greek and Roman sports and spectacles in the Ancient Near East and the Bronze Age Aegean. Investigates the origins, nature and meaning of sport, covering issues of violence, professionalism, class, gender and eroticism. Challenges the notion that Greek sport and Roman spectacle were polar opposites. Approaches sport and spectacle as overlapping and compatible features of civilized states and empires., This work by a well-published scholar and award-winning teacher provides an introduction to the history of sport and spectacle in the ancient world from the Ancient Near East through Greek and Hellenistic times and into the Roman Empire.The book introduces readers to ancient sport history as a growing and exciting field in which scholarly advances and controversies abound. Drawing on archaeological and art historical evidence and on approaches from anthropology and social history, the author goes beyond the traditional focus on the Greek Olympics and the Roman Colosseum to examine the origins, nature and meaning of sport, the sporting activities and spectacles of earlier Mediterranean peoples, local sport and unusual contests, and much more., This is a readable, up-to-date, illustrated introduction to thehistory of sport and spectacle in the ancient world from theAncient Near East through Greek and Hellenistic times and into theRoman Empire. Covers athletics, combat sports, chariot racing, beast fightsand gladiators., This work by a well-published scholar and award-winning teacherprovides an introduction to the history of sport and spectacle inthe ancient world from the Ancient Near East through Greek andHellenistic times and into the Roman Empire. The book introduces readers to ancient sport history as agrowing and exciting field in which scholarly advances andcontroversies abound. Drawing on archaeological and art historicalevidence and on approaches from anthropology and social history,the author goes beyond the traditional focus on the Greek Olympicsand the Roman Colosseum to examine the origins, nature and meaningof sport, the sporting activities and spectacles of earlierMediterranean peoples, local sport and unusual contests, and muchmore.
LC Classification Number
GV573.K95 2007
Item description from the seller
Seller business information
Popular categories from this shop
Seller Feedback (5,633,003)
This item (1)
All items (5,633,003)
- l***l (6194)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI must say from the very beginning of this transaction that everything went smooth. The seller gave me a good quality product for a great price that was brand new and appeared to be better than what was pictured. I plan on purchasing more products in the near future from this seller. The product was shipped and packaged with care and love. Magnificent communication and all of what I said makes this seller a great asset to the eBay community as well as the marketplace.
- y***e (1043)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchase🏆 SUPER STAR🤩 AMAZING PHOTOS 🎯 ACCURATE DESCRIPTION ✏️ GENUINE PRODUCTS 💎 HIGH QUALITY 🍯 SUPER PRICES 💰 EASY TO WORK WITH 🍰 ECONOMY HANDLING ⏱️ FAST SHIPPING 🚀 BUBBLE PACKAGE 📦 ARRIVED WITHIN DAYS 🌎 EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNICATION 🎙️ OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE 🛎️ GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR 🍿 TOTAL ASSET TO THE EBAY-ECO SYSTEM 🥇 SAVED SELLER 🎱 PROMT REPLY FOR RETURNS 🎯 WOULD BUY FROM AGAIN 🧲 UNDER PROMISES OVER DELIVERS ⛳️ MADE ME VERY HAPPY 🌈 LEFT POSITIVE FEEDBACK 🌼 THANK YOU! 😇 AAAA
- f***f (1522)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe seller was incredibly communicative and was willing to lump together multiple items I'd purchased to combine shipping, which was greatly appreciated. The item itself was in perfect condition, looks better than in the photo, and was packaged well to avoid any damage during shipping. It arrived quickly and without any issues! Excellent Seller, Goes the Extra Mile. Smooth Transaction, Shipped Very Quickly, As Advertised; Good Price; Well Packaged & Delivered Within a Few Days. A+Couplehood by Reiser, Paul (#195434961752)
More to explore:
- Ancient World Non-Fiction Hardcover Books,
- Ancient World Non-Fiction Paperback Fiction & Books,
- Non-Fiction Ancient World Fiction & Non-Fiction Books,
- Non-Fiction Ancient World Fiction & Non-Fiction Books in English,
- Donald Bain Fiction & Fiction Books,
- Ancient History School Textbooks and Study Guides,
- Ancient History Adult Learning & University Books,
- Ancient Greek School Textbooks & Study Guides,
- Ancient Literature Original Antiquarian & Collectable Books,
- Ancient Literature Paperback Original Antiquarian & Collectable Books
Popular categories from this shop
Seller Feedback (5,633,003)
This item (1)
All items (5,633,003)
- l***l (6194)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI must say from the very beginning of this transaction that everything went smooth. The seller gave me a good quality product for a great price that was brand new and appeared to be better than what was pictured. I plan on purchasing more products in the near future from this seller. The product was shipped and packaged with care and love. Magnificent communication and all of what I said makes this seller a great asset to the eBay community as well as the marketplace.
- y***e (1043)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchase🏆 SUPER STAR🤩 AMAZING PHOTOS 🎯 ACCURATE DESCRIPTION ✏️ GENUINE PRODUCTS 💎 HIGH QUALITY 🍯 SUPER PRICES 💰 EASY TO WORK WITH 🍰 ECONOMY HANDLING ⏱️ FAST SHIPPING 🚀 BUBBLE PACKAGE 📦 ARRIVED WITHIN DAYS 🌎 EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNICATION 🎙️ OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE 🛎️ GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR 🍿 TOTAL ASSET TO THE EBAY-ECO SYSTEM 🥇 SAVED SELLER 🎱 PROMT REPLY FOR RETURNS 🎯 WOULD BUY FROM AGAIN 🧲 UNDER PROMISES OVER DELIVERS ⛳️ MADE ME VERY HAPPY 🌈 LEFT POSITIVE FEEDBACK 🌼 THANK YOU! 😇 AAAA
- f***f (1522)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe seller was incredibly communicative and was willing to lump together multiple items I'd purchased to combine shipping, which was greatly appreciated. The item itself was in perfect condition, looks better than in the photo, and was packaged well to avoid any damage during shipping. It arrived quickly and without any issues! Excellent Seller, Goes the Extra Mile. Smooth Transaction, Shipped Very Quickly, As Advertised; Good Price; Well Packaged & Delivered Within a Few Days. A+Couplehood by Reiser, Paul (#195434961752)