Sport and Society in Ancient Greece

Mark Golden
Cambridge University Press
9780521497909
0-521-49790-6

This book provides a concise and readable introduction to ancient Greek sport. It covers such standard topics as the links between sport, religion and warfare, the origins and history of the Olympic games,.

read more…

and the spirit of competition among the Greeks. Its main focus, however, is on Greek sport as an arena for the creation and expression of difference among individuals and groups.