Power games
Subtitle: ritual and rivalry at the Ancient Greek Olympics
By: David Stuttard
Publisher: British Museum Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780714122724
Subjects: Olympic games (Ancient); Fiction; Sports; History
Description: This narrative, told from a spectator's viewpoint, revolves around the Games of 416 BC - a turning point in Greek politics when a cold war between Athens and other major cities was about to erupt into bloody fighting. See what it was like to be there, to witness the rituals, bloody contests, celebrations and subsequent political parleys.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Zeus, the bearer of victory; title: Arrival, pomp, ceremony and conflict; title: Funeral games; title: Heroic sacrifice; heroic contest; title: Blood on the sand; title: Celebrating victory; title: Fallout: Hubris, Nemesis and Alcibiades; title: Epilogue: The next 877 uears, a brief history; title: Timeline; title: Who's who.