The Oxford Handbook Of Sport And Spectacle In The Ancient World

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World written by Alison Futrell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history of ancient sport and spectacle in Greece and Rome, as well as issues of class, civic contexts, spaces, health, gender, and sexuality, Blends Greek and Roman topics to illuminate tensions and complementarities between different social and political contexts, Authoritative scholars present novel insights and new avenues of research to give readers contemporary interpretations of Greek sport and Roman spectacle Book jacket.