The Victor's Crown: A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to Byzantium (Repost)
The Victor's Crown: A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to Byzantium by David Potter
2011 | ISBN: 0199842752, 0199842736 | English | 448 Pages | PDF | 3.55 MB
2011 | ISBN: 0199842752, 0199842736 | English | 448 Pages | PDF | 3.55 MB
The Victor's Crown brings to vivid life the signal role of sport in the classical world. Ranging over a dozen centuries–from Archaic Greece through to the late Roman and early Byzantine empires–David Potter's lively narrative shows how sport, to the ancients, was not just a dim reflection of religion and politics but a potent social force in its own right. The passion for sport among the participants and fans of antiquity has been matched in history only by our own time.