Yet all this exposure to ancient sport may raise interest more than understanding. (He was Best Actor, a fitting reward for a New Zealander who lived in Australia and affects a British accent to play the Spaniard, a gladiator with an Italian-speaking son.) The modern Olympics provide recurring reminders of their ancient origins, the legacy which has helped create and justify their present-day prestige.
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University classes in ancient sport are full to overflowing, new books abound, Russell Crowe wins an Oscar for Gladiator. (George Eliot, Middlemarch 604) Who knows what Fred Vincy would have made of a book combining ancient athletes and their labours with a dictionary’s dry detail? Certainly our time seems ready. They had sport, and never learned to write a book-keeping hand. Introduction vi Acknowledgements xii Abbreviations and short titles xiii Some important dates xvii Map of the Greek and Roman world xxiiĪs to Hercules and Theseus, they were nothing to me. ISBN 7-1 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0–415–24881–7 (Print Edition) British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to # 2004 Mark Golden All rights reserved. This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. SPORT IN THE ANCIENT WORLD FROM A TO Z Mark Goldenįirst published 2004 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group Already published: Food in the Ancient World from A to Z Andrew Dalby Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z Mark Golden Forthcoming titles: Sex in the Ancient World from A to Z John Younger Birds in the Ancient World from A to Z Geoffrey Arnott Money in the Ancient World from A to Z Andrew Meadows Domestic Life in the Ancient World from A to Z Ruth Westgate and Kate Gilliver Dress in the Ancient World from A to Z Lloyd Llewellyn Jones et al.
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