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Thinking the Olympics : the classical tradition and the modern Games

Title
Thinking the Olympics : the classical tradition and the modern Games / edited by Barbara Goff & Michael Simpson.
Publication
London : Bristol Classical Press, 2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Goff, Barbara E.
  • Simpson, Michael, 1957-
Description
xi, 227 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
A fascinating exploration of the relation of the Modern Olympic Games to the Classical tradition, examining claims of continuity between ancient and modern.
Subject
  • Olympische Spiele
  • Olympische Sommerspiele
  • Geschichte
  • Olympics
  • Olympic games (Ancient)
  • Civilization, Classical
  • Civilization, Ancient
  • Civilization, Ancient
  • Civilization, Classical
  • Olympics
Note
  • "This volume derives from a conference held at the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, in September 2008"--Page vii.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : game plan / Barbara Goff -- Pythagoras and the origins of Olympic ideology / Nigel Spivey -- True heroes and dishonourable victors at Olympia / David Gilman Romano -- To give over one's heart : Pindar, Bataille and the poetics of victory / Damian Stocking -- Epideictic oratory at the Olympic Games / Eleni Volonaki -- Living in the shadow of the past : Greek athletes during the Roman Empire / Stephen Brunet -- Gilbert West and the English contribution to the revival of the Olympic Games / Hugh Lee -- James Barry's Crowning the victors at Olympia : transmitting the values of the classical Olympic Games into the modern era / William Pressly -- The race for a healthy body : the Ancient Greek physical ideal in Victorian London / Debbie Challis -- Nervi's palazzo and palazzetto dello sport : striking a delicate balance between past and present in 1960 Rome / Ann Keen -- Trailing the Olympic epic : black modernity and the Athenian arena, 2004 / Michael Simpson -- Pindar at the Olympics : the limits of revivalism / Armand D'Angour -- Afterward: London 2012 / Tessa Jowell.
ISBN
  • 9780715639306
  • 0715639307
OCLC
  • ocn751515226
  • 751515226
  • SCSB-1619971
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library