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| Verfasst von: | Scharff, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]  |
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| Titel: | Hellenistic athletes |
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| Titelzusatz: | agonistic cultures and self-presentation |
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| Verf.angabe: | Sebastian Scharff, University of Trento |
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| Verlagsort: | Cambridge ; Port Melbourne ; New York ; New Delhi ; Singapore |
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| Verlag: | Cambridge University Press |
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| Jahr: | 2024 |
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| Umfang: | xiii, 369 Seiten |
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| Illustrationen: | Illustrationen, Karte (farbig, schwarzweiß) |
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| Fussnoten: | Literaturhinweise S. 310-361 Index S. 362-369 |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-009-19995-7 |
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| Abstract: | "Approaches Hellenistic sport from the perspective of the athletes and horse owners and their sponsors. Analyzing victory poems as commissioned work, the book reveals the wider social and political impact of athletic achievements at the level of the polis, the region and the empire"-- |
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| | This is a study of Hellenistic athletics from the perspective of the victors. By analyzing agonistic epigrams as poetry on commission, it investigates how successful athletes and horse owners and their sponsors wanted their victories to be understood. Based on the identification of recurring motifs that exceed the conventions of the genre, a multiplicity of agonistic cultures is detected on three different levels - those of the polis, the region and the empire. Kings and queens used athletics in order to legitimate their rule, cities tried to compensate for military defeats by agonistic successes, and victorious aristocrats created virtual halls of fame to emphasize their common regional identity. Without a doubt, athletic victories represented far more than just leisure activities of Hellenistic noblemen. They clearly mattered in terms of politics and social status. |
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| Schlagwörter: | (s)Sport / (s)Hellenismus |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Bibliogr. Hinweis: | Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Scharff, Sebastian, 1979 - : Hellenistic athletes. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024. - 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 369 Seiten) |
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| RVK-Notation: | NH 6800 |
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| | ZX 4500 |
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| | NH 6880 |
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| K10plus-PPN: | 1858358280 |
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978-1-009-19995-7
Hellenistic athletes / Scharff, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]; 2024
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