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Author:
König, Jason.
Title:
Athletics and literature in the Roman empire / Jason König.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
xix, 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Athletics--Rome.
Athletics in literature.
Latin literature--History and criticism.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Romeinse keizertijd.
Sport.
Letterkunde.
Grieks.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-378) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction -- Lucian and Anacharsis : gymnasion education in the Greek city -- Models for virtue : Dio's 'Melankomas' orations and the athletic body -- Pausanias and Olympic Panhellenism -- Silius Italicus and the athletics of Rome -- Athletes and doctors : Galen's agonistic medicine -- Philostratus' gymnasticus and the rhetoric of the athletic body -- Conclusion.
Series:
Greek culture in the Roman world
ISBN:
9780521838450
0521838452
OCLC:
(OCoLC)57574569
LCCN:
2005296490
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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