Victory and Celebration: An Introduction to Greek Athletics

Author/Contributor(s):	Nicholson, Nigel
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	07/31/2025
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Victory and Celebration traces how athletic success was transformed into broader social and political capital in ancient Greece--how being a good boxer, or having a fast son or good horses was made into something significant in society more broadly. It analyses the ways that the victory memorials--primarily the statues and victory odes produced for victors--gave winning athletes a wider importance beyond the stadium or hippodrome.