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Arete: Ancient Writers, Papyri, and Inscriptions on the History and Ideals of Greek Athletics and Games
Arete Ancient Writers Papyri and Inscriptions on the History and Ideals of Greek Athletics and Games
Author: Stephen G. Miller
Miller has compiled a trove of ancient sources -- Plutarch on boxing, Aristotle on the pentathlon, Philostratos on clay dust as an anti-perspirant and on the buying and selling of victories, Vitruvius on literary competitions, Xenophon on female body building. With fully twice as many texts as the highly successful first edition, this new versio...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780890053133
ISBN-10: 0890053138
Publication Date: 6/1979
Pages: 114
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Publisher: Ares Pub
Book Type: Paperback
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