1989
DOI: 10.2307/4350492
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Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook with Translations

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“…"Sport is the best way to fame for any man alive …" Homer, Odyssey, VIII "You gotta be a football hero (to get along with the beautiful girls)" Field, Lewis, and Sherman (1933) Champion athletes have obtained high status throughout recorded history. Athletic success, especially in the "heavy" sports requiring combat skills, such as boxing, wrestling, and pankration (i.e., "total fighting," a combination of boxing, wrestling, kicking, strangleholds, and pressure holds), produced high status in Classical Greece (Golden, 2008;Poliakoff, 1987;Sweet, 1987). Roman gladiators achieved great fame and were rewarded with Roman citizenship, money, property, and access to power, making them attractive to women (Golden, 2008).…”
Section: Champion Athletes Obtain High Status and Reproductive Successmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…"Sport is the best way to fame for any man alive …" Homer, Odyssey, VIII "You gotta be a football hero (to get along with the beautiful girls)" Field, Lewis, and Sherman (1933) Champion athletes have obtained high status throughout recorded history. Athletic success, especially in the "heavy" sports requiring combat skills, such as boxing, wrestling, and pankration (i.e., "total fighting," a combination of boxing, wrestling, kicking, strangleholds, and pressure holds), produced high status in Classical Greece (Golden, 2008;Poliakoff, 1987;Sweet, 1987). Roman gladiators achieved great fame and were rewarded with Roman citizenship, money, property, and access to power, making them attractive to women (Golden, 2008).…”
Section: Champion Athletes Obtain High Status and Reproductive Successmentioning
confidence: 99%