The aim of this thesis has been to explore agonism, and the relationship of individual and collective in Classical Greece, through the lens of athletic competition at the panhellenic sanctuaries. This study moves beyond the presumed dichotomy of agon and homonoia upon which the standard view of agonism in modern scholarship has been predicated to explore the ways in which agonism functions precisely within and is structured by polis society, even as the polis must negotiate constantly between the interests of collective and individual. The evidence of both athlete and polis commemorations of athletic victory suggests a dynamic tension between promoting the self and remaining, and identifying oneself as, a member of a community. When appropr...
In the first three centuries of the Roman imperial period, Greek festival culture flourished as neve...
This paper analyzes the role of social and political identity in two Arkadian epigrams from Classica...
Throughout the ancient world, Greek city-states were continually described as feuding and, euphemist...
The lack of a specific study dedicated to the agonistic aspect of the Greek agora, illustrating the ...
International audienceThis article sets out to consider the origins of the Pan-Hellenic contests of ...
International audienceThis article sets out to consider the origins of the Pan-Hellenic contests of ...
The contest element of modern sport has its ancient roots in the “agon” of early Greek life. We begi...
During the Hellenistic and Imperial periods, Greek populations coexisted with several other cultures...
Panhellenism is a modern concept that has crept into the subconscious of historical narratives of an...
Competition and victory at the Panhellenic sanctuaries of Olympia and Delphi reached far beyond athl...
An agora was a communal space found in most Greek cities that contained religious structures alongsi...
Throughout the ancient world, Greek city-states were continually described as feuding and, euphemist...
The thesis of agonality as the fundamental characteristic of the Classical Greek culture is supporte...
This thesis investigates processes of change and continuity in the built environment of gymnasia in ...
In the first three centuries of the Roman imperial period, Greek festival culture flourished as neve...
In the first three centuries of the Roman imperial period, Greek festival culture flourished as neve...
This paper analyzes the role of social and political identity in two Arkadian epigrams from Classica...
Throughout the ancient world, Greek city-states were continually described as feuding and, euphemist...
The lack of a specific study dedicated to the agonistic aspect of the Greek agora, illustrating the ...
International audienceThis article sets out to consider the origins of the Pan-Hellenic contests of ...
International audienceThis article sets out to consider the origins of the Pan-Hellenic contests of ...
The contest element of modern sport has its ancient roots in the “agon” of early Greek life. We begi...
During the Hellenistic and Imperial periods, Greek populations coexisted with several other cultures...
Panhellenism is a modern concept that has crept into the subconscious of historical narratives of an...
Competition and victory at the Panhellenic sanctuaries of Olympia and Delphi reached far beyond athl...
An agora was a communal space found in most Greek cities that contained religious structures alongsi...
Throughout the ancient world, Greek city-states were continually described as feuding and, euphemist...
The thesis of agonality as the fundamental characteristic of the Classical Greek culture is supporte...
This thesis investigates processes of change and continuity in the built environment of gymnasia in ...
In the first three centuries of the Roman imperial period, Greek festival culture flourished as neve...
In the first three centuries of the Roman imperial period, Greek festival culture flourished as neve...
This paper analyzes the role of social and political identity in two Arkadian epigrams from Classica...
Throughout the ancient world, Greek city-states were continually described as feuding and, euphemist...