Sebastian Scharff
Biographic Data
| ID | 5664633 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sebastian Scharff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sebastian |
| FAMILY NAME | Scharff |
| SIGNATURE | SCHARFF S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Trento |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3945-8978 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond Mysteries: The Local World of Ancient Eleusis
Hellenistic Athletes: Agonistic Cultures and Self-Presentation
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 …
“Sparta is my country”: Competitive Localism in Hellenistic Sparta
Mediating, Arbitrating, Crossing Borders Constantly: Athletes as Envoys
Starting from the observation that the role of former athletes as envoys has not been sufficiently analyzed yet, this article examines on what kind of diplomatic missions Hellenistic athletes were sent after their career. Of special interest are their functions as interstate arbitrators and mediators in political conflicts, roles which were often assumed in the context of political conflicts with or within federal states. It is striking that Elia…
Oliver Pilz, Kulte und Heiligtümer in Elis und Triphylien. Untersuchungen zur Sakraltopographie der westlichen Peloponnes. Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter 2020
Against the Rules: The Plurality of Oikists and New Perspectives on Greek ‘Colonisation’
Horse Races and Chariot Races in Ancient Greece: Struggling for Eternal Glory
The essay is about ancient Greek horse and chariot races. The architecture of Greek hippodromes was very rudimentary, but—at least at Olympia—the organizers put much effort in constructing a starting mechanism which was meant to guarantee all starters equal chances for winning. Concerning the prizes, symbolic prizes were common as well as valuable prizes. In ancient Greece, it was the owner of the horses who counted as the participant. The jockey…
Horse Races and Chariot Races in Ancient Greece: Struggling for Eternal Glory
The essay is about ancient Greek horse and chariot races. The architecture of Greek hippodromes was very rudimentary, but—at least at Olympia—the organizers put much effort in constructing a starting mechanism which was meant to guarantee all starters equal chances for winning. Concerning the prizes, symbolic prizes were common as well as valuable prizes. In ancient Greece, it was the owner of the horses who counted as the participant. The jockey…
Horse Races and Chariot Races in Ancient Greece: Struggling for Eternal Glory
The essay is about ancient Greek horse and chariot races. The architecture of Greek hippodromes was very rudimentary, but—at least at Olympia—the organizers put much effort in constructing a starting mechanism which was meant to guarantee all starters equal chances for winning. Concerning the prizes, symbolic prizes were common as well as valuable prizes. In ancient Greece, it was the owner of the horses who counted as the participant. The jockey…
Against the Rules: The Plurality of Oikists and New Perspectives on Greek ‘Colonisation’
“Sparta is my country”: Competitive Localism in Hellenistic Sparta
Mediating, Arbitrating, Crossing Borders Constantly: Athletes as Envoys
Starting from the observation that the role of former athletes as envoys has not been sufficiently analyzed yet, this article examines on what kind of diplomatic missions Hellenistic athletes were sent after their career. Of special interest are their functions as interstate arbitrators and mediators in political conflicts, roles which were often assumed in the context of political conflicts with or within federal states. It is striking that Elia…
Oliver Pilz, Kulte und Heiligtümer in Elis und Triphylien. Untersuchungen zur Sakraltopographie der westlichen Peloponnes. Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter 2020
Hellenistic Athletes: Agonistic Cultures and Self-Presentation
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 …
Beyond Mysteries: The Local World of Ancient Eleusis
History (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Athletes (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Victory (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)