Sebastian Scharff

Gebundenes Buch

Hellenistic Athletes

Beschreibung

"Approaches Hellenistic sport from the perspective of the athletes and horse owners and their sponsors. Analyzing victory poems as commissioned work, the book reveals the wider social and political impact of athletic achievements at the level of the polis, the region and the empire"-- Provided by publisher.

Autor

Sebastian Scharff holds a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia at the Università di Trento. He has published extensively on ancient athletics, including a co-edited volume on Athletics in the Hellenistic World (2016).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 669g
• ISBN-13: 9781009199957
• ISBN-10: 1009199951
• Artikelnr.: 68649034