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170+3 35.9 170+3 BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD the editors A COMPANION TO A COMPANION TO Paul Christesen is Professor of Classics at A COMPANION TO sport and spectacle in greek and and spectacle sport Dartmouth College, USA. He is the author sport and Spectacle in greek and sport and of Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds (2012), Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient roman antiquity EDITED BY Christesen and kyle Spectacle in Greek History (2007), and numerous articles Contributors to this volume: sport and Spectacle greek and and chapters on Greek historiography, ancient Greek history, and ancient sport. roman Winthrop Lindsay Adams, Gregory S. Aldrete, Carla M. Antonaccio, in greek and Donald G. Kyle is Professor and former Sinclair Bell, Giampiero Bevagna, Stephen Brunet, Michael J. Carter, A COMPANION TO antiquity Chair of History at the University of Texas at Paul Christesen, Hazel Dodge, Roger Dunkle, Chris Epplett, roman antiquity Arlington, USA. He is the author of Sport and Garrett G. Fagan, Donald G. Kyle, Andrew Lear, Hugh M. Lee, roman antiquity E D I T E D B Y Spectacle in the Ancient World (Wiley-Blackwell, paul christesen Rose MacLean, Kathryn Mammel, Christian Mann, Stephen G. Miller, and donald g. kyle 2007), Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome (1998), Sarah C. Murray, Jenifer Neils, Nigel Nicholson, Thomas Heine Nielsen, Athletics in Ancient Athens (1987), and numerous EDITED BY Paul Christesen Zinon Papakonstantinou, David Alan Parnell, Timothy P. J. Perry, articles and chapters on ancient sport history. A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Werner Petermandl, H. W. Pleket, Sofie Remijsen, David Gilman Romano, and donald G. kyle Roman Antiquity presents a series of original Jeremy Rutter, Michael Scott, Jerry Toner, Zara Martirosova Torlone, essays that apply a sociohistorical perspective Steven L. Tuck, Ingomar Weiler, John Zaleski to myriad aspects of ancient sport and spectacle. Featuring contributions from a 244+6 wide range of international scholars in various ALSO AVAILABLE IN THIS SERIES: disciplines, readings focus on the status and roles of participants, organizers, and spectators while addressing such themes as class, gender, ethnicity, religion, violence, and more. Introductory essays on the historiography of Greek and Roman sport are followed by specialized readings relating to Greek sports in specific locales such as Athens and Sparta. Subsequent readings relating to the Roman Empire focus on sport and spectacle in the city of Rome and in various Roman cities and provinces. Distinctions between “sport” and “spectacle” are examined and understanding sport and spectacle as part of a broader social canvas, rather than isolated activities, is emphasized. Offering a wealth of new insights, A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity represents an invaluable scholarly contribution to ancient sport studies. www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell A COMPANION TO SPORT AND SPECTACLE in Greek AND ROMAN ANTIQUITY BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD This series provides sophisticated and authoritative overviews of periods of ancient history, genres of classical literature, and the most important themes in ancient culture. Each volume comprises between twenty-five and forty concise essays written by individual scholars within their area of specialization. The essays are written in a clear, provocative, and lively manner, designed for an international audience of scholars, students, and general readers. ANCIENT HISTORY A Companion to Roman Rhetoric Edited by William Dominik and Jon Hall Published A Companion to Greek Rhetoric A Companion to the Roman Army Edited by Ian Worthington Edited by Paul Erdkamp A Companion to Ancient Epic A Companion to the Roman Republic Edited by John Miles Foley Edited by Nathan Rosenstein and Robert Morstein-Marx A Companion to Greek Tragedy A Companion to the Roman Empire Edited by Justina Gregory Edited by David S. Potter A Companion to Latin Literature A Companion to the Classical Greek World Edited by Stephen Harrison Edited by Konrad H. Kinzl A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought A Companion to the Ancient Near East Edited by Ryan K. Balot Edited by Daniel C. Snell A Companion to Ovid A Companion to the Hellenistic World Edited by Peter E. 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Gold A Companion to Greek Art LITERATURE AND CULTURE Edited by Tyler Jo Smith and Dimitris Plantzos Published A Companion to Persius and Juvenal A Companion to Classical Receptions Edited by Susanna Braund and Josiah Osgood Edited by Lorna Hardwick and Christopher Stray A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Republic A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography Edited by Jane DeRose Evans Edited by John Marincola A Companion to Terence A Companion to Catullus Edited by Antony Augoustakis and Ariana Traill Edited by Marilyn B. Skinner A Companion to Roman Architecture A Companion to Roman Religion Edited by Roger B. Ulrich and Caroline K. Quenemoen Edited by Jörg Rüpke A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek A Companion to Greek Religion and Roman Antiquity Edited by Daniel Ogden Edited by Paul Christesen and Donald G. Kyle A Companion to the Classical Tradition Edited by Craig W. Kallendorf A COMPANION to SporT AND SPECTACLE IN GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITY Edited by Paul Christesen and Donald G. Kyle This edition first published 2014 © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Wiley-Blackwell is an imprint of John Wiley & Sons, formed by the merger of Wiley’s global Scientific, Technical and Medical business with Blackwell Publishing. Registered Office John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK Editorial Offices 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148–5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK For details of our global editorial offices, for customer services, and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website at www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell. The right of Paul Christesen and Donald G. 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ISBN 978-1-4443-3952-9 (hardback) – ISBN 978-1-118-60996-5 – ISBN 978-1-118-61004-6 – ISBN 978-1-118-61005-3 (ePUB) – ISBN 978-1-118-61013-8 (Mb) – ISBN 978-1-118-61086-2 (ePDF) 1. Sports–Greece–History. 2. Sports–Rome–History.

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