Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Athens: An Introduction
- 1 #Leagros: An Athenian Life
- Part I The Urban Fabric
- Part II Inhabitants
- Part III Business/Commerce
- Part IV Culture and Sport
- 21 The Philosophical Schools
- 22 Athletics, Democracy, and War
- 23 Theatrical Spaces
- 24 Athenian Festivals
- 25 Eating and Drinking
- 26 Sex and the City
- Part V Politics
- Reception
- Index
- References
22 - Athletics, Democracy, and War
from Part IV - Culture and Sport
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2021
- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Athens: An Introduction
- 1 #Leagros: An Athenian Life
- Part I The Urban Fabric
- Part II Inhabitants
- Part III Business/Commerce
- Part IV Culture and Sport
- 21 The Philosophical Schools
- 22 Athletics, Democracy, and War
- 23 Theatrical Spaces
- 24 Athenian Festivals
- 25 Eating and Drinking
- 26 Sex and the City
- Part V Politics
- Reception
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter studies elite sport in Classical Athens and its relationship to war. It argues that this relationship explains why non-elite citizens support pro-sport policies.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens , pp. 307 - 318Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
References
Further Reading
This chapter summarizes Pritchard 2013. The other monograph on Athenian athletics is the still indispensable Kyle 1987. On Greek athletics in general, see Phillips and Pritchard 2003, Miller 2004, and Christesen and Kyle 2014. For images of sport on Athenian vases, see Oakley 2020, 131–166. On Athenian competitive festivals, see Osborne 1993. For the most thorough treatment of the Great Panathenaia, see Shear 2021.
Bibliography
Additional resources to accompany this chapter can be found at: www.cambridge.org/NeilsRogers
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