DSBcB21 The History of "Sport" in Antiquity - Rome

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Bc. Jiří Kouřil, M.Sc., Ph.D. et Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Andrea Měšťanová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Bc. Jiří Kouřil, M.Sc., Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:40 C11
Prerequisites
! DSBcB021 History of Ancient Sport II && ! NOW ( DSBcB021 History of Ancient Sport II )
Basic knowledge of the history of the ancient world. The previous subject is followed indirectly
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on the history of physical exercises, "sports" and games in ancient times from Hellenism. The aim is to familiarize the students with ancient physical exercises and education systems, individual gymnic, hippic and other types of agon in professional “sport“, athletes, coaches and others.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- compare Roman and other ancient “sports" activities among themselves and with the present,
- compare with the present "sporting" spectators and different spectators' outcomes,
- understand some "sports" ideals and outcomes that had a strong influence on Roman "sport",
- understand some specialist terms,
- understand the rules of ancient disciplines and games and their changes in historical development in Antiquity,
- orientate in the primary sources and specialist literature dealing with this topic.
Syllabus
  • Professional Hellenistic sport.
  • Training and regime.
  • Isoolympic and other games.
  • Etruscan Sport.
  • Roman sport and physical exercises.
  • Gladiator Games.
  • Chariot Races.
  • Roman sports spectators.
  • Artistic expression of sport.
  • Barbaric states and sport.
  • The transition to the Middle Ages and medieval sport.
  • Knighthood and kalokagathia.
  • A link to Antiquity for present in the field of physical culture.
Literature
    required literature
  • PAUSANIAS. Cesta po Řecku. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda. 581 s. 1973. URL info
  • PAUSANIAS. Cesta po Řecku. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda. 428 s. 1974. URL info
  • DUNKLE, Roger. Gladiátoři : krutá podívaná ve starověkém Římě. Translated by Kateřina Novotná. Vydání první. Praha: Vyšehrad. 356 stran. ISBN 9788074290312. 2011. info
  • FLORI, Jean. Rytíři a rytířství ve středověku. Translated by Dominika Kovářová - Gustav Francl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad. 253 s. ISBN 9788070218976. 2008. info
  • KYLE, Donald G. Sport and spectacle in the ancient world. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. xv, 403. ISBN 9780631229711. 2007. info
  • Spectacles of death in ancient Rome. Edited by Donald G. Kyle. New York: Routledge. xii, 288 p. ISBN 0415096782. 1998. info
    recommended literature
  • A companion to sport and spectacle in Greek and Roman antiquity. Edited by Paul Christesen - Donald G. Kyle. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. xx, 658. ISBN 9781118610046. 2014. info
  • GUTTMANN, Allen. Essays on sport history and sport mythology. Edited by Donald G. Kyle - Gary D. Stark. 1st ed. College Station: Texas A & M Press. 154 s. ISBN 0890964548. 1990. info
  • CHRISTESEN, Paul. Sport and democracy in the ancient and modern worlds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xvii, 309. ISBN 9781107012691. 2012. info
  • DUBY, Georges. Rytíř, žena a kněz :manželství ve Francii v době feudalismu. Praha: Garamond. 238 s. ISBN 80-86379-44-2. 2003. info
  • KÖSSL, Jiří, Jan ŠTUMBAUER and Marek WAIC. Vybrané kapitoly z dějin tělesné kultury. 3. vyd. Praha: Karolinum. 159 s. ISBN 9788024615660. 2008. info
  • MEIJER, F. J. Gladiátoři. Translated by Petra Shürová. Praha: Aurora. 222 s. ISBN 8072990853. 2006. info
  • KOVAŘÍK, Jiří. Rytířské bitvy a osudy. Vyd. 1. praha: Mladá fronta. 346 s. ISBN 8020414991. 2006. info
  • OLIVOVÁ, Věra. Sport a hry ve starověkém světě. V Praze: Artia. 207 stran. 1988. URL info
  • OLIVOVÁ, Věra. Lidé a hry : historická geneze sportu. 1. vyd. Praha: Olympia. 604 s. 1979. URL info
  • SÁBL, Václav. Od Olympie k Římu 1960 : z dějin olympijských her. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sportovní a turistické nakladatelství. 351 s. 1960. URL info
  • STRACHOVÁ, Milena and Ján GREXA. Dějiny sportu (Sports history). Brno: Masarykova univerzita. p. nestránkováno, 121 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7359-3. 2014. URL info
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion.
Assessment methods
Contest and collective discourse or test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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