Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Fisher, N. R. E. (Nicolas Ralph Edmund)
2. Wees, Hans van.

Description

1. xi, 308 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Competition (Psychology) > History > To 1500
2. Civilization, Ancient
3. Power (Social sciences) > History > To 1500
4. Social participation > History > To 1500

Contents

1. Competition in comparative perspective. Rivalry in history : an introduction / Hans van Wees ; Fame and prizes : competition and war in the Neo-Assyrian empire / Karen Radner -- Competition in Greece. Ancient Greek competition : a modern construct? / Christoph Ulf ; Conflict and community in the Iliad / William Allan and Douglas Cairns ; Peer-polity interaction and cultural competition in sixth-century Greece / Sara Forsdyke ; Competitive delights : the social effects of the expanded programme of contests in post-Kleisthenic Athens / Nick Fisher -- Competition in Rome. Lottery and elections : containing elite competition in Venice and Rome / Henrik Mouritsen ; Keeping up with the Joneses : competitive display within the Roman villa landscape / Hannah Platts ; Competitiveness and anti-competitiveness in Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists / Jason König.

Call number

1. JFE 11-1388

Note

1. "Most of the papers in this volume were delivered in a panel on 'Competition and cooperation in the ancient world' which was part of the Fourth Celtic Conference in Classics, held at St. David's College, Lampeter, 30 August - 2 September 2006"--P. vii.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. Competition in the ancient world / editors, Nick Fisher and Hans van Wees.

Imprint

1. Swansea : Classical Press of Wales, 2011.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Fisher, N. R. E. (Nicolas Ralph Edmund)
2. Wees, Hans van.

LCCN

1. 2011380100

ISBN

1. 9781905125487 (hbk.)
2. 1905125488 (hbk.)

Research call number

1. JFE 11-1388