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The Origins of the Olympic Games

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3.000 Ft
Cikkszám: 978-963-9911-72-7
Elérhetőség: RENDELHETŐ

Leírás és Paraméterek

Even in antiquity it was debated when and why the Olympic Games had been established and by whom. Modern scholarship has also advanced a great number of hypotheses on the origins of the games (ranging from funeral games to harvest ceremonies/vegetation magic or even initiation rites), but a truly convincing reconstruction has not yet been formulated. 
The present volume offers a new comprehensive explanation for the phenomenon and argues that the Games evolved from hunting and from animal ceremonialism observed among various hunting groups. This explanation is admittedly a hypothetical one, based mainly on the interpretation of the archaeological material and some ethnographic parallels, but conjecture is necessary due to the complete absence of contemporary written evidence. In addition, although it is essentially a simple theory that simultaneously explains many perplexing features of the Games in a coherent way, it must remain without definitive proof, as with all other previous similar explanations. “Anyone who takes issue is allowed a simple remedy: to offer something better, something that is coherent and constructive as an alternative.

Műfaj régészet
ISBN 978-963-9911-72-7
ISSN 1216-6847
Sorozat Archaeolingua Series Minor 37.
Kiadó Archaeolingua Alapítvány
Kiadás éve 2015
Kötés típusa Puhatáblás / Kartonált
Oldalszám 156
Nyelv angol
Méret B5 165 x 235
Tömeg 387 g