Combat Sports in the Ancient World

Competition, Violence, and Culture

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3937575
AutoresVictor J Matthews, Michael B Poliakoff
Año1988
Volumen42
Número3
Páginas270
Fecha de publicación1988-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPhoenix (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1088350
OpenAlexW2039891583
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas44

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

Ancient Greece · Ancient Greek · Ancient history · Broad spectrum · Competition (biology) · Mythology · Sociology · Classics · Doping in Sports · History · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education