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Newby, Zahra (2021) Greek festivals in the Hellenistic era. In: Scanlon, Thomas F. and Futrell , Alison, (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World. Oxford handbooks online . Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199592081
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Abstract
The Hellenistic era incorporated new city foundations in Egypt and the Near East, as well as the ancient Greek cities of mainland Greece, Asia Minor, and Magna Graecia. This chapter examines Greek festivals and athletic contests amid the struggles of cities and individuals for recognition and self-identity. Relying especially on epigraphic and archaeological evidence, it will look at the Olympic Games during this period, and at the widening geographical origins of its victors. New festivals were established and played crucial roles in inter-city politics; note especially the new isolympic and isopythian games such as the Ptolemaia in Alexandria and the festival of Artemis Leucophyene at Magnesia on the Maeander. The guilds of performers played important roles in the Hellenistic period. We consider how the experience of an athletic victor now compared with that in the past.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Classics and Ancient History | ||||||||
| Series Name: | Oxford handbooks online | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | ||||||||
| ISBN: | 9780199592081 | ||||||||
| Book Title: | Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World | ||||||||
| Editor: | Scanlon, Thomas F. and Futrell , Alison | ||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2021 | ||||||||
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| Number of Pages: | 738 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199592081.013.12 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
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