Memoires de champions: Corpus des palmares, d'Octavien a Valentinien Ier
Greek-style artistic and sporting competitions (agones) reached a peak, in terms of numbers and geographical coverage, under the Roman High Empire. Musicians, runners and boxers travelled the length and breadth of the Mediterranean world, from Rome to Antioch and from Gaul to Africa, in the hopes of winning the ever-more spectacular prizes on offer. When a monument was erected in honour of a multiple winner of prestigious agones, it included, at times, an engraving of the list of his victories as proof of his excellence. The practice of immortalising artistic and athletic careers in stone was most common during the period that spanned from the death of Caesar to the middle of the third century, when this type of engraving stopped almost entirely. This book studies this specific epigraphic genre, based on a corpus of about 270 documents. The lists of victories have their own history, with subtle modifications or surprising major changes, and some also provide an extraordinarily detailed and vivid memory of the champions' lives and their exploits.
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Memoires de champions: Corpus des palmares, d'Octavien a Valentinien Ier
Greek-style artistic and sporting competitions (agones) reached a peak, in terms of numbers and geographical coverage, under the Roman High Empire. Musicians, runners and boxers travelled the length and breadth of the Mediterranean world, from Rome to Antioch and from Gaul to Africa, in the hopes of winning the ever-more spectacular prizes on offer. When a monument was erected in honour of a multiple winner of prestigious agones, it included, at times, an engraving of the list of his victories as proof of his excellence. The practice of immortalising artistic and athletic careers in stone was most common during the period that spanned from the death of Caesar to the middle of the third century, when this type of engraving stopped almost entirely. This book studies this specific epigraphic genre, based on a corpus of about 270 documents. The lists of victories have their own history, with subtle modifications or surprising major changes, and some also provide an extraordinarily detailed and vivid memory of the champions' lives and their exploits.
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Memoires de champions: Corpus des palmares, d'Octavien a Valentinien Ier

Memoires de champions: Corpus des palmares, d'Octavien a Valentinien Ier

by J-Y Strasser
Memoires de champions: Corpus des palmares, d'Octavien a Valentinien Ier

Memoires de champions: Corpus des palmares, d'Octavien a Valentinien Ier

by J-Y Strasser

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Greek-style artistic and sporting competitions (agones) reached a peak, in terms of numbers and geographical coverage, under the Roman High Empire. Musicians, runners and boxers travelled the length and breadth of the Mediterranean world, from Rome to Antioch and from Gaul to Africa, in the hopes of winning the ever-more spectacular prizes on offer. When a monument was erected in honour of a multiple winner of prestigious agones, it included, at times, an engraving of the list of his victories as proof of his excellence. The practice of immortalising artistic and athletic careers in stone was most common during the period that spanned from the death of Caesar to the middle of the third century, when this type of engraving stopped almost entirely. This book studies this specific epigraphic genre, based on a corpus of about 270 documents. The lists of victories have their own history, with subtle modifications or surprising major changes, and some also provide an extraordinarily detailed and vivid memory of the champions' lives and their exploits.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9782869585539
Publisher: Peeters Publishing
Publication date: 12/31/2021
Series: Bibliotheque des Ecoles Francaises d'Athenes et de Rome , #395
Pages: 846
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)
Language: French
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