The ancient Olympics:
The word "athletics" is derived from the Greek verb "to struggle or to suffer for a prize." As Nigel Spivey reveals in this engaging account of the Olympics in ancient Greece, "suffer" is putting it mildly. Indeed, the Olympics were not so much a graceful display of Gre...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The word "athletics" is derived from the Greek verb "to struggle or to suffer for a prize." As Nigel Spivey reveals in this engaging account of the Olympics in ancient Greece, "suffer" is putting it mildly. Indeed, the Olympics were not so much a graceful display of Greek beauty as a war fought by other means. Nigel Spivey paints a portrait of the Greek Olympics as they really were--fierce contexts between bitter rivals, in which victors won kudos and rewards, and losers faced scorn and even assault. Victory was almost worth dying for, the author notes, and a number of athletes did just that. Many more resorted to cheating and bribery. Contested always bitterly and often bloodily, the ancient Olympics were no an idealistic celebration of unity, but a clash of military powers in an arena not far removed from the battlefield. The author explores what the events were, the rules for competitors, training and diet, the pervasiveness of cheating and bribery, the prizes on offer, the exclusion of "barbarians," and protocols on pederasty. He also peels back the mythology surrounding the games today and investigates where our current conception of the Olympics has come from and how the Greek notions of beauty and competitiveness have influenced our modern culture. As a Cambridge classicist and athletics coach, Nigel Spivey is uniquely qualified to write this eye-opening account of the Greek Olympics. Anyone interested in the ancient world or in the Olympic games will be fascinated by this revealing history. |
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| adam_text | Winning was what mattered most at
the ancient Olympics, and at any
physical cost, even death. First place
brought kudos and glory, while losers
went home in disgrace. And far from
hosting a festival of international
togetherness,
politicized arena where the Greek city-
states played out their rivalries. Nigel
Spivey argues that, despite this, the
original Olympics were a remarkably
stable and profoundly civilized model
of war minus the shooting .
This is the first time that the long
history of the Olympic institution has
been traced with reference to social
behaviour, sexual habits, and the
aesthetic ideals of Classical antiquity.
Were there any direct links between
athletics and military training? Why
did Greek athletes compete in the
nude? How did the Romans change
the games? The mythology and
archaeology of
explored, revealing the ways in which
the Greeks elevated sporting prowess
to heroic status
divine gratification.
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