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Sport, Culture, and Society Ser.: The Crown Games of Ancient Greece : Archaeology, Athletes, and Heroes by David Lunt (2022, Hardcover)

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The Crown Games were the apex of competition in ancient Greece. Along with prestigious athletic contests in honor of Zeus at Olympia, they comprised the Pythian Games for Apollo at Delphi, the Isthmian Games for Poseidon, and the Neman Games, sacred to Zeus. For over nine hundred years, the Greeks celebrated these athletic and religious festivals, a rare point of cultural unity amid the fierce regional independence of the numerous Greek city-states and kingdoms. The Crown Games of Ancient Greece examines these festivals in the context of the ancient Greek world, a vast and sprawling cultural region that stretched from modern Spain to the Black Sea and North Africa. Illuminating the unique history and features of the celebrations, David Lunt delves into the development of the contest sites as sanctuaries and the Panhellenic competitions that gave them their distinctive character. While literary sources have long been the mainstay for understanding the evolution of the Crown Games and ancient Greek athletics, archaeological excavations have significantly augmented contemporary understandings of the events. Drawing on this research, Lunt brings deeper context to these gatherings, which were not only athletics competitions but also occasions for musical contests, dramatic performances, religious ceremonies, and diplomatic summits-as well as raucous partying. Taken as a circuit, the Crown Games offer a more nuanced view of ancient Greek culture than do the well-known Olympian Games on their own. With this comprehensive examination of the Crown Games, Lunt provides a new perspective on how the ancient Greeks competed and collaborated both as individuals and as city-states.

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Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
ISBN-10
1682262006
ISBN-13
9781682262009
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24057251758

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Book Title
Crown Games of Ancient Greece : Archaeology, Athletes, and Heroes
Author
David Lunt
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Ancient / Greece, General, History
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History
Number of Pages
184 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Gv21.L86 2022
Reviews
"David Lunt has written a comprehensive introduction to the four major sport games in antiquity. Lunt combines archeological, religious, epigraphic, and literary sources and contemporizes them to the American context. A great compendium that expounds the history of discoveries and opens up new possibilities for research." --Reyes Bertolín Cebrián, author of The Athlete in the Ancient Greek World, "David Lunt's The Crown Games of Ancient Greece is a strong survey of the four Panhellenic Games, with separate chapters on the Olympics, Pythian Games, Isthmian Games, and Nemean Games, alongside two concluding chapters on athletic heroes and future directions for research. ... By combining a sound survey of recent archaeology and a thorough understanding of the literary and documentary sources, Lunt's book achieves its goal, to show how the Panhellenic circuit, not just the Olympic Games, are signal aspects of ancient Greek sport specifically, and ancient Greek culture in general." --Peter J. Miller, Journal of Sport History , Fall 2022
Copyright Date
2022
Lccn
2021-039326
Dewey Decimal
796.0938
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Sport, Culture, and Society Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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