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Combat Sports in the Ancient World: Competition, Violence, and Culture

Combat Sports in the Ancient World: Competition, Violence, and Culture

Poliakoff, Michael B.

Paperback

Series: Sports and History

Ancient History GeneralMartial Arts

ISBN10: 0300063121
ISBN13: 9780300063127
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Published: Apr 1 1995
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A leading authority on classical games here provides a comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Describing and analyzing the sports of boxing, wrestling, stick-fighting, and pankration, Michael B. Poliakoff discusses such topics as the function of competition and violent games in ancient society; on the social background of the participants, showing the broad spectrum of Greek athletic personnel; on the significance of the appearance of combat sport in myth and literature; and on the alleged cultic functions of the ancient combat sports. The book is copiously illustrated with photographs of numerous objects rarely or never before published.

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