Details the role of sports in the classical world from early Greece through the late Roman and early Byzantine empires.
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Incorporating the latest research, The Victor's Crown offers an analysis of how competitive sport emerged in Greece during the eighth century BC, and then how the great festival cycle of Classical Greece came into being during the sixth ...
' In The Victor's Crown, David Potter reveals that even our own current obsession with all things sporting pales in comparison to the way in which organized games saturated the culture and politics of the ancient world.
Incorporating the latest research, The Victor's Crown offers an analysis of how competitive sport emerged in Greece during the eighth century BC, and then how the great festival cycle of Classical Greece came into being during the sixth ...