{"id":274,"date":"2008-03-14T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2008-03-14T15:36:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-11-26T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T15:17:02","slug":"book-review-athletics-in-the-ancient-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportjournal.org\/article\/book-review-athletics-in-the-ancient-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Athletics in the Ancient World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"submitted\">Reviewed by: Glaucio Scremin<\/div>\n<p>In <em>Athletics in the Ancient World<\/em>, author Zahra Newby portrays athletics as integral to ancient culture, primarily ancient Greek culture. She describes how athletics influenced facets of ancient social life, including education and warfare. The book is divided into 16 short chapters that present issues ranging from the rise of professionalism in athletics to the role of women in ancient sport.<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<p>Filled with pictures, drawings, and schematics of ancient Greek athletic facilities, the book suggests the importance of athletics by providing the reader with a clear understanding of how ancient athletic activities were carried out. For further clarification, it provides geographical references.<\/p>\n<p>With all of these guides, <em>Athletics in the Ancient World<\/em> is certainly well referenced. It is a pleasant and informative read for those interested in obtaining a historical perspective of ancient athletics. The book may serve as supplementary reading material for college courses in sports history.<\/p>\n<p>Athletics in the Ancient World<br \/>\nAuthor: Zahra Newby<br \/>\nPublished in 2006 by Bristol Classic Press: London, UK.<br \/>\n(108 pages, ISBN 1-85399-688-2).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"submitted\">Reviewed by: Glaucio Scremin<\/div>\n<p>In <em>Athletics in the Ancient World<\/em>, author Zahra Newby portrays athletics as integral to ancient culture, primarily ancient Greek culture. She describes how athletics influenced facets of ancient social life, including education and warfare. The book is divided into 16 short chapters that present issues ranging from the rise of professionalism in athletics to the role of women in ancient sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[296],"tags":[76,79,8,23],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4btio-4q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92,"url":"https:\/\/thesportjournal.org\/article\/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-ancient-olympic-games\/","url_meta":{"origin":274,"position":0},"title":"FAQs &#8211; Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Olympic Games","date":"February 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Submitted by: Perseus Project at Tufts University Where did the Olympic games come from? 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