A01=Michael B. Poliakoff
Author_Michael B. Poliakoff
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Product details
- ISBN 9780300063127
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 26 Apr 1995
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A leading authority on classical games here provides a comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Describing and analyzing the sports of boxing, wrestling, stick-fighting, and pankration, Michael B. Poliakoff discusses such topics as the function of competition and violent games in ancient society; on the social background of the participants, showing the broad spectrum of Greek athletic personnel; on the significance of the appearance of combat sport in myth and literature; and on the alleged cultic functions of the ancient combat sports. The book is copiously illustrated with photographs of numerous objects rarely or never before published.
