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University of Texas Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 0292718691 . Slight sticker residue to DJ. ; From the ancient Olympic games to the World Series and the World Cup, athletic achievement has always conferred social status. In this collection of essays, a noted authority on ancient sport discusses how Greek sport has been used to claim and enhance social status, both in antiquity and in modern times. Mark Golden explores a variety of ways in which sport provided a route to social status. In the first essay, he explains how elite horsemen and athletes tried to ignore the important roles that jockeys, drivers, and trainers played in their victories, as well as how female owners tried to rank their equestrian achievements above those of men and other women. In the next essay, Golden looks at the varied contributions that slaves made to sport, despite its use as a marker of free, Greek status. In the third essay, he evaluates the claims made by gladiators in the Greek…
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Greek Sport and Social Status (Fordyce W. Mitchel Memorial Lecture) Hardcover - 2009
by Mark Golden
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- Title Greek Sport and Social Status (Fordyce W. Mitchel Memorial Lecture)
- Author Mark Golden
- Binding Hardcover
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Texas Press, U.S.A.
- Date 2009-01
- ISBN 9780292718692
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