The Crown Games of ancient Greece : archaeology, athletes, and heroes
Lunt, David James2022
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"The Crown Games were the apex of competition in ancient Greece. Along with prestigious athletic contests in honor of Zeus at Olympia, they comprised the Pythian Games for Apollo at Delphi, the Isthmian Games for Poseidon, and the Nemean Games, sacred to Zeus. For over nine hundred years, the Greeks celebrated these athletic and religious festivals, a rare point of cultural unity amid the fierce regional independence of the numerous Greek city-states and kingdom The Crown Games offered a rare point of cultural unity amid the wide geography and fierce regional independence of the ancient world. This volume focuses on these festivals in the context of the ancient Greek world-a vast and sprawling territory that stretched from modern Spain to the Black Sea and North Africa"-- Provided by publisher.
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Author:
Lunt, David James, author
Imprint:
Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2022.©2022
Collation:
xvii, 163 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
IntroductionAthletes, Festivals, and The Crown GamesOlympia and the Olympian GamesNemea and the Nemean GamesIsthmia and the Isthmian GamesDelphi and the Pythian GamesCrowned ChampionsConclusions.
ISBN:
9781682262016 (pbk)9781682262016
Dewey class:
796.0938796
LC class:
GV21
Language:
English
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BRN:
540279
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Leisure | 796 LUN | Available |