Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources, Third Edition, With a New Foreword by Paul Christesen by Stephen G. Miller, Paul Christesen

Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources, Third Edition, With a New Foreword by Paul Christesen

Stephen G. Miller, Paul Christesen

256 pages 1979

1 edition

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From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compileda trove of ancient sources: Plutarch on boxing, Aristotle on the pentathlon, Philostratos on the buying and selling of victories, Vitru...

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