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The Athlete In The Ancient Greek World (Oscc) (Volume 61),Used
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In the world of sports, the most important component is the athlete. After all, without athletes there would be no sports. In ancient Greece, athletes were public figures, idolized and envied. This fascinating book draws on a broad range of ancient sources to explore the development of athletes in Greece from the archaic period to the Roman Empire.Whereas many previous books have focused on the origins of the Greek games themselves, or the events or locations where the games took place, this volume places a unique emphasis on the athletes themselvesand the fostering of their athleticism. Moving beyond stereotypes of largerthanlife heroes, Reyes Bertoln Cebrin examines the experiences of ordinary athletes, who practiced sports for educational, recreational, or professional purposes.According to Bertoln Cebrin, the majority of athletes in ancient times were young men and mostly single. Similar to today, most athletes practiced sport as part of their schooling. Yet during the fifth century B.C., a major shift in ancient Greek education took place, when the curriculum for training future leaders became more academic in orientation. As a result, argues Bertoln Cebrin, the practice of sport in the Hellenistic period lost its appeal to the intellectual elite, even as it remained popular with large sectors of the population. Thus, a gap emerged between the higher and lower cultures of sport.In looking at the implications of this development for athletes, whether highperforming or recreational, this erudite volume traverses such wideranging fields as history, literature, medicine, and sports psychology to recreatein compelling detailthe life and lifestyle of the ancient Greek athlete.
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