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Author:

Poliakoff, Michael.

Title:

Combat sports in the ancient world : competition, violence, and culture / Michael B. Poliakoff.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1987

Description:

xviii, 202 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Games--Greece.
Games--Rome.
Hand-to-hand fighting--History.
Combat--History.
Sports--History.
Sports--Histoire.
Sports de combat--Histoire.
Combat--Histoire.
Jeux--Grèce.
Jeux--Rome.

Notes:

Bibliography: p. 192-194. Includes index.

Contents:

List of abbreviations. appendix. General aspects of the ancient combat sports -- [ch.] 2. Wrestling -- [ch.] 3. Pankration -- [ch.] 4. Stick fighting -- [ch.] 5. Boxing -- [ch.] 6. The nature and purpose of combat sport -- [ch.] 7. The participants in Greek combat sport -- [ch.] 8. Metaphor, myth, and reality -- appendix. Combat sport, funeral cult, and human sacrifice -- List of abbreviations.

Series:

Sport and history series

ISBN:

9780300037685 (alk. paper)
0300037686 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

86032419

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)