Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 35)
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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr E Pemberton.
Prerequisite: Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department.
Contact: Two lectures and a tutorial a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject should have acquired an understanding of the importance of athletics in Greek life; the different types of evidence (both written and visual) used to reconstruct Greek athletics; and the differences between ancient and modern competitive sports.
Content:
A diachronic survey of Greek athletics, from their beginnings through the Roman period, with a brief look, at the end of the semester, at the modern recreation of the Olympic games. The specific events will be examined, as will theories about the meaning and origins of competitive athletics. But in addition, as Greek sport touched all parts of Greek culture and society - art, poetry, politics, war - all these aspects with relevance to sport will be studied. The games at Olympia and Delphi are even barometers of early state development and regional identity.
Assessment:
Written work of 3,000 words (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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