Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources, Expanded edition by Stephen G. Miller

Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources, Expanded edition

Stephen G. Miller

239 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction classics history adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
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From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, 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...

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