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Athletics and philosophy in the ancient world : contests of virtue
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- Creator
- Heather L. Reid
- Included Title
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- Sports, ethics and philosophy
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Routledge, 2011
- ©2011
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- xii, 124 pages ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780415669504, 0415669502, 9780415818353, 0415818354
- OCLC
- ocn690084815
- "This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-120) and index.
- Athletic Heroes -- Olympia: running towards truth -- Boxing with tyrants -- Wrestling with Socrates -- Plato's gymnasium -- Aristotle's pentathlete -- The epicurean spectator -- Seneca's gladiators -- The circus and the cosmopolis -- Conclusion : implication for modern sport