Sport and spectacle in the ancient world has become a vital area of broad new exploration over the last few decades. This Handbook brings together the latest research on Greek and Roman manifestations of these pastimes to explore current approaches and open exciting new avenues of inquiry. It discusses historical perspectives, contest forms, contest-related texts, civic and social aspects, and use and meaning of the individual body. Greek and Roman topics are interwoven to simulate contest-like tensions and complementarities, juxtaposing, for example, violence in Greek athletics and Roman gladiatorial events, Greek and Roman chariot events, architectural frameworks for contests and games in the two cultures, and contrasting views of religion, bodily regimens, and judicial classification related to both cultures. It examines the social contexts of games, namely the evolution of sport and spectacle across cultural and political boundaries, and how games are adapted to multiple contexts and multiple purposes, reinforcing social hierarchies, performing shared values, and playing out deep cultural tensions. The volume also considers other directing forces in the ancient Mediterranean, such as Bronze Age Egypt and the Near East, Etruria, and early Christianity. It addresses important themes common to both antiquity and modern society, such as issues of class, gender, and health, as well as the popular culture of the modern Olympics and gladiators in cinema.
With innovative perspectives from authoratative scholars on a wide range of topics, this Handbook will appeal to both students and researchers interested in ancient history, literature, sports, and games.
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The handbook offers a useful and wide-ranging instrument for all students of ancient sport and spectacle. * Sofie Remijsen, University of Amsterdam Associate Professor of Ancient History, Plekos 25 *
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Alison Futrell is Associate Professor and Head of the History Department at the University of Arizona. Her research interests focus on the discourse, performance, and imagery of power in imperial Rome, with special interest in spectacle and gender.
Thomas F. Scanlon is Professor Emeritus of Classics at University of California, Riverside. His research interests focus mainly on Ancient Greek Sport and Greek and Roman historical writing, especially Thucydides and Sallust. His approach to Greek sport is primarily one of investigating social and cultural contexts, including issues of gender, sexuality, religion, and literary sources.
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Associate Professor of HistoryAssociate Professor of History, University of Arizona
Professor Emeritus of ClassicsProfessor Emeritus of Classics, University of California, Riverside
PART I. Introduction
1: Thomas F. Scanlon: Overview and Approaches
2: Paul Christesen: Theories of Greek and Roman Sport
PART II. Development in Historical Perspective
Section 1- Pre-Greek Mediterranean
3: Wolfgang Decker: Sport in Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East
4: John G. Younger: Sport and Spectacle in the Greek Bronze Age
Section 2- Early Competitions and Events
5: Ulrich Sinn: Origins of the Olympics to the Sixth Century BCE
6: Jean-Paul Thuillier: Etruscan Events
Section 3- Panhellenic Games and the Spread of the Tradition
7: Manuela Mari and Paola Stirpe: The Greek Crown Games
8: Julia L. Shear: The Panathenaia and Local Festivals
9: Panos Valavanis: Patterns of Politics in Ancient Greek Athletics
10: Zahra Newby: Greek Festivals in the Hellenistic Era
Section 4- Roman Games and Spectacles
11: Alison Futrell: Games in the Republic
12: Richard Beacham: Theatre of Cruelty: Games of the Flavian Emperors
13: Zahra Newby: Greek Festivals in the Roman Era
14: David Potter: Roman Games and Spectacle: Christian Identity and the Arena
15: Paul Milliman: The Decline and Fall of Spectacle
PART III. Forms of Contests and Display
16: David Gilman Romano: Greek Footraces and Field Events
17: Michael B. Poliakoff: Greek Combat Sport and the Borders of Athletics, Violence, and Civilization
18: Michael Carter: Gladiators
19: Nigel Nicholson: Greek Hippic Contests
20: Donald G. Kyle: Animal Events
21: Rabun Taylor: Naval Events and Aquacades
PART IV. Texts, Contexts, Contests
22: Gregory Nagy: Athletic Contests in Contexts of Epic and Other Related Archaic Texts
23: Leslie Kurke: Epinikion, Kudos, and Criticism
24: Kathryn Chew: Thematic Texts: Ovid, Martial, Tertullian
25: Anne Hrychuk Kontokosta: Contests in Context: Gladiatorial Inscriptions and Graffiti
26: Alexander Hollmann: Curse Tablets
27: Nathan T. Elkins: Coins
PART V. Civic Contexts
Section 1- Some Local Contests and Festivals
28: Paul Cartledge: Sparta's Contributions to Greek Sport
29: Guy Chamberland: Imperial Spectacle in the Roman Provinces
Section 2- Architecture of Games and Competitions
30: David Gilman Romano: Greek Sanctuaries and Stadia
31: Garrett G. Fagan: Gymnasium and Bath
32: Hazel Dodge: The Colosseum
33: P. J. Holliday: Circuses and Hippodromes
Section 3- Representations and Material Culture
34: Shelby Brown: Combat Sports and Gladiatorial Combat in Greek and Roman Private Art
35: Wendy J. Raschke: Athletic Images and the Monumentalization of Victory
Section 4- Urban Contexts of Local Festivals
36: Onno van Nijf: Local Festivals
37: Luciana Jacobelli: Pompeii and Games
38: Nigel Kennell: Gymnasium and Polis
Section 5- Games and Community
39: Lucia D'Amore: Economic Aspects of Athletic Competition in the Archaic and Classical Age
40: Ingomar Weiler: 'Professional' Organizations in the Hellenistic World
41: Steven L. Tuck: Ludi and Factiones as Organizations of Performers
42: Michael MacKinnon: Animal Supply
43: Valerie M. Hope: Gladiators as a Class
44: Matthew J. P. Dillon: Cult and Competition
45: Zinon Papakonstantinou: Law, Litigation, and Sport in Ancient Greece
46: Geoffrey Sumi: Spectatorship, Control, and Collective Groups
PART VI. Body and Individual
Section 1- Health and Training
47: Lesley Dean-Jones: Too Much of a Good Thing: The Health of Olympic Athletes in Ancient Greece
48: David M. Pritchard: Athletic Participation, Training, and Adolescent Education
Section 2- Gender and Sexuality
49: Thomas F. Scanlon: Gender and Sexuality in Greek Sport
50: Alison Futrell: Sex in the Arena
