Contemporary Athletics & Ancient Greek Ideals
University of Chicago Press (2009)
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The ancient background -- Weiss and the pursuit of bodily excellence -- Huizinga and the homo ludens hypothesis -- Feezell, moderation, and irony -- The process of becoming virtuous.Author's Profile
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GV706.D65 2009
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9780226155463 0226155463 1459605926
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