Zinon Papakonstantinou
Biographic Data
| ID | 1705290 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zinon Papakonstantinou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zinon |
| FAMILY NAME | Papakonstantinou |
| SIGNATURE | PAPAKONSTANTINOU Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Athletics, Memory, and Community in Hellenistic and Roman Messene
Recent excavations in the site of Messene have unveiled numerous inscriptions from the Hellenistic and Roman imperial periods that significantly increase our understanding of the agonistic life of the city. By utilizing this new set of evidence in this paper I examine patterns of athletic competition by Messenian athletes in panhellenic and local contests. Moreover, I explore victory commemoration practices in the urban landscape of Messene as a …
Binding curses, agency and the Athenian democracy
This chapter investigates Athenian written binding curses of the classical period in the light of perceptions and practices of individual and collective agency. Binding curses are attested in Athens since the fifth century, although there should be no doubt that the practice is significantly older. A problem in any attempt to interpret the wider implications of binding curses is that in the overwhelming majority of cases we can only guess the ide…
Paul Christesen. Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds
Journal Article Paul Christesen. Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds. Get access Paul Christesen. Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. xvii, 309. $99.00. Zinon Papakonstantinou Zinon Papakonstantinou University of Illinois at Chicago [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 119, Is…
Cimon the Elder, Peisistratus and the tethrippon Olympic Victory of 532 BCE
Herodotus’ narrative of the life of Cimon the Elder (6.103.1–4) pays particular attention to Cimon’s Olympic tethrippon victories and especially his arrangement with Peisistratus over the 532 BCE victory. It is the purpose of this paper to examine Cimon’s athletic career as well as his deal with Peisistratus in the context of sport practices, ideologies and intra-elite conflict during the sixth century BCE. An analysis of known instances of civic…
Jason Hawke. Writing Authority
Once the neglected stepchild of classical Athenian law, archaic Greek law has been witnessing a veritable renaissance with three monographs entirely or largely devoted to the subject appearing since 2008. Recent scholarship on archaic Greek law focuses on the implications of the public display of written laws, the role of literacy, the adjudication of disputes, the diffusion of legislative authority, and the socially multifaceted nature of the re…
Charondas of Katane
Charondas was a lawgiver of Katane in Sicily, active during the sixth century bce . Very little is known about his life. Aristotle ( Pol . 1296a21) claims that he originated “from among the middle citizens.” Similarly to other Archaic lawgivers, late traditions associate Charondas with a number of fanciful episodes.
Zaleukos of Lokroi
Zaleukos was a lawgiver of Lokroi Epizephyrioi. Ephoros ( FGrH 70 F 139) maintains that he was the first to introduce written laws, and late chronographers suggest that he was active in the mid‐seventh century BCE . Although the date might be approximately accurate, many details about his life as transmitted by late traditions of dubious value are almost certainly spurious creations.
The Athletic Body in Classical Athens
This paper explores representations of the athletic body in classical Athenian literature (c.480–336 bce) and their implications for understanding the role of sport in ancient Athens during the period in question. In Greek epinician literature and plastic arts the male athletic body was frequently stereotyped as a token of physical and moral superiority and as a central attribute of manliness. On a civic level, in Athens masculinity was also enac…
Greek Athletics, Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World Series
Sport
Sport, Bodily Culture and Classical Antiquity in Modern Greece
Epilogue
Prologue
Prologue
This special issue brings together contributions from active researchers in the field of ancient sport. [1] The study of ancient sport is as old as the study of the Classical and Near Eastern civil
Epilogue
Wine and Wine Drinking in the Homeric World
Cet article étudie les pratiques de la consommation de vin dans l’épopée homérique, ainsi que les points de vue qui y sont attachés. Le vin était abondamment consommé par des personnes de toute origine sociale et souvent présenté comme une substance nourrissante et revigorante. Les effets toxiques et potentiellement perturbateurs d’une consommation excessive de vin étaient également connus, mais une telle conscience n’a pas conduit à diaboliser d…
Lawmaking and Adjudication in Archaic Greece
Lawmaking and Adjudication in Archaic Greece re-evaluates central aspects of the genesis and application of laws in the communities of archaic Greece, including the structure and function of legislative bodies, the composition of the courts, the administration of justice and the use and abuse of legal norms and procedures by litigants in the courts and everyday settings. Combining a detailed analysis of epigraphical and literary evidence and the …
Games and Festivals in Classical Antiquity
Wine and Wine Drinking in the Homeric World
Cet article étudie les pratiques de la consommation de vin dans l’épopée homérique, ainsi que les points de vue qui y sont attachés. Le vin était abondamment consommé par des personnes de toute origine sociale et souvent présenté comme une substance nourrissante et revigorante. Les effets toxiques et potentiellement perturbateurs d’une consommation excessive de vin étaient également connus, mais une telle conscience n’a pas conduit à diaboliser d…
The Athletic Body in Classical Athens
This paper explores representations of the athletic body in classical Athenian literature (c.480–336 bce) and their implications for understanding the role of sport in ancient Athens during the period in question. In Greek epinician literature and plastic arts the male athletic body was frequently stereotyped as a token of physical and moral superiority and as a central attribute of manliness. On a civic level, in Athens masculinity was also enac…
Lawmaking and Adjudication in Archaic Greece
Lawmaking and Adjudication in Archaic Greece re-evaluates central aspects of the genesis and application of laws in the communities of archaic Greece, including the structure and function of legislative bodies, the composition of the courts, the administration of justice and the use and abuse of legal norms and procedures by litigants in the courts and everyday settings. Combining a detailed analysis of epigraphical and literary evidence and the …
Games and Festivals in Classical Antiquity
Prologue
This special issue brings together contributions from active researchers in the field of ancient sport. [1] The study of ancient sport is as old as the study of the Classical and Near Eastern civil
Epilogue
Wine and Wine Drinking in the Homeric World
Cet article étudie les pratiques de la consommation de vin dans l’épopée homérique, ainsi que les points de vue qui y sont attachés. Le vin était abondamment consommé par des personnes de toute origine sociale et souvent présenté comme une substance nourrissante et revigorante. Les effets toxiques et potentiellement perturbateurs d’une consommation excessive de vin étaient également connus, mais une telle conscience n’a pas conduit à diaboliser d…
Epilogue
Prologue
Sport
Sport, Bodily Culture and Classical Antiquity in Modern Greece
Charondas of Katane
Charondas was a lawgiver of Katane in Sicily, active during the sixth century bce . Very little is known about his life. Aristotle ( Pol . 1296a21) claims that he originated “from among the middle citizens.” Similarly to other Archaic lawgivers, late traditions associate Charondas with a number of fanciful episodes.
Zaleukos of Lokroi
Zaleukos was a lawgiver of Lokroi Epizephyrioi. Ephoros ( FGrH 70 F 139) maintains that he was the first to introduce written laws, and late chronographers suggest that he was active in the mid‐seventh century BCE . Although the date might be approximately accurate, many details about his life as transmitted by late traditions of dubious value are almost certainly spurious creations.
The Athletic Body in Classical Athens
This paper explores representations of the athletic body in classical Athenian literature (c.480–336 bce) and their implications for understanding the role of sport in ancient Athens during the period in question. In Greek epinician literature and plastic arts the male athletic body was frequently stereotyped as a token of physical and moral superiority and as a central attribute of manliness. On a civic level, in Athens masculinity was also enac…
Greek Athletics, Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World Series
Cimon the Elder, Peisistratus and the tethrippon Olympic Victory of 532 BCE
Herodotus’ narrative of the life of Cimon the Elder (6.103.1–4) pays particular attention to Cimon’s Olympic tethrippon victories and especially his arrangement with Peisistratus over the 532 BCE victory. It is the purpose of this paper to examine Cimon’s athletic career as well as his deal with Peisistratus in the context of sport practices, ideologies and intra-elite conflict during the sixth century BCE. An analysis of known instances of civic…
Jason Hawke. Writing Authority
Once the neglected stepchild of classical Athenian law, archaic Greek law has been witnessing a veritable renaissance with three monographs entirely or largely devoted to the subject appearing since 2008. Recent scholarship on archaic Greek law focuses on the implications of the public display of written laws, the role of literacy, the adjudication of disputes, the diffusion of legislative authority, and the socially multifaceted nature of the re…
Paul Christesen. Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds
Journal Article Paul Christesen. Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds. Get access Paul Christesen. Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. xvii, 309. $99.00. Zinon Papakonstantinou Zinon Papakonstantinou University of Illinois at Chicago [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 119, Is…
Binding curses, agency and the Athenian democracy
This chapter investigates Athenian written binding curses of the classical period in the light of perceptions and practices of individual and collective agency. Binding curses are attested in Athens since the fifth century, although there should be no doubt that the practice is significantly older. A problem in any attempt to interpret the wider implications of binding curses is that in the overwhelming majority of cases we can only guess the ide…
Athletics, Memory, and Community in Hellenistic and Roman Messene
Recent excavations in the site of Messene have unveiled numerous inscriptions from the Hellenistic and Roman imperial periods that significantly increase our understanding of the agonistic life of the city. By utilizing this new set of evidence in this paper I examine patterns of athletic competition by Messenian athletes in panhellenic and local contests. Moreover, I explore victory commemoration practices in the urban landscape of Messene as a …
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