Contemporary athletics & ancient Greek ideals / Daniel A. Dombrowski.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dombrowski, Daniel A.
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Sports > Philosophy.
Sports > Greece.
Sports in literature.
Greek literature.
Greece > Civilization.
Physical Description:167 pages ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Contemporary athletics and ancient Greek ideals.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The ancient background
  • Weiss and the pursuit of bodily excellence
  • Huizinga and the homo ludens hypothesis
  • Feezell, moderation, and irony
  • The process of becoming virtuous.