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The Athlete in the Ancient Greek World
Language: en
Pages: 247
Authors: Reyes Bertolín Cebrián
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-02 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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In the world of sports, the most important component is the athlete. After all, without athletes there would be no sports. In ancient Greece, athletes were publ
The Athlete in the Ancient Greek World
Language: en
Pages: 307
Authors: Reyes Bertolín Cebrián
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-02 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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In the world of sports, the most important component is the athlete. After all, without athletes there would be no sports. In ancient Greece, athletes were publ
Athletics and Philosophy in the Ancient World
Language: en
Pages: 174
Authors: Heather L. Reid
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-02 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book examines the relationship between athletics and philosophy in ancient Greece and Rome focused on the connection between athleticism and virtue. It beg
Athletries
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Anne C. Reese
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher:

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From women bull-jumping in Minoan Crete and ancient Sparta -- where girls wrestled in the nude alongside boys -- to women competing in full armour in chariot ra
A Brief History of the Olympic Games
Language: en
Pages: 200
Authors: David C. Young
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-04-15 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth c