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Power games : ritual and rivalry at the Ancient Greek Olympics / David Stuttard.

Title: Power games : ritual and rivalry at the Ancient Greek Olympics / David Stuttard.
Author: Stuttard, David
Publication: London : British Museum Press, 2012.

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240 p. : col. ill., col. maps, photogr.; 20 cm.

Summary

This narrative, told from a spectator's viewpoint, revolves around the Games of 416 BC - a turning point in Greek politics when a cold war between Athens and other major cities was about to erupt into bloody fighting. See what it was like to be there, to witness the rituals, bloody contests, celebrations and subsequent political parleys.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

Introduction -- Zeus, the bearer of victory -- Arrival, pomp, ceremony and conflict -- Funeral games -- Heroic sacrifice; heroic contest -- Blood on the sand -- Celebrating victory -- Fallout: Hubris, Nemesis and Alcibiades -- Epilogue: The next 877 uears, a brief history -- Timeline -- Who's who.

ISBN

9780714122724 (pbk.)
0714122726 (pbk.)

OCLC

776800746

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Harvard Library