Donald G. Kyle’s scientific contributions

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Publications (4)


Greek Athletic Competitions
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November 2013

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9 Citations

Donald G. Kyle

This chapter provides a basic overview of the contests, contexts, categories, terms, and rules of sport in Archaic and Classical Greece. It focuses on “ athletics,” a term derived from the Greek words for contest (athlos) and prize (athlon). The chapter begins with a discussion on some matters of perception and approach. The ancient Olympics, with their wreath prizes, huge crowds, and famous victors, were the pinnacle of Greek athletic competition. The ancient Olympics, in fact, had no medals or second prizes, no team or women's events, no winter or water sports, and no ideology of universal brotherhood and peace. Next, the chapter concentrates on the events at the ancient Olympics because such events were fairly standard and practiced in most ancient Greek communities. The chapter further talks about the gymnic and hippic contests, and local or civic games.


Greek Female Sport

November 2013

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3 Citations

This chapter surveys the significance of sport for Greek girls and women, from local rituals to physical education and competition in major festivals, from early Greece to the Roman Empire. Greek society of the Archaic and Classical periods offered few opportunities for females to compete physically. Spartan female physical education and indirect female equestrian victories at Olympia were anomalous. After the Classical period, however, attitudes to female sport changed significantly. Encouraged by the Ptolemies of Alexandria, Greek royal females of the Hellenistic period became prominent, albeit still indirect, equestrian victors. During the Roman period, traditional Greek female sporting rituals continued, and opportunities for female sporting competitors increased within the burgeoning system of Greco-Roman spectacles and games. Ironically, the “golden age” of Greek female sport was not Classical Greece but rather the Early Roman Empire. The Roman era brought more sporting access for daughters of nobles and officials.


Sport, Society, and Politics in Athens

November 2013

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This chapter on sport in Athens in the Archaic (700-480) and Classical (480-323) periods has three major parts. The first part surveys the phenomenon of Athenian sport, especially in the Panathenaic (“all-Athenian”) Games. The second part contextualizes Athens within a broader debate on the social history (the social origins, status, and social mobility) of Greek athletes. The third part offers an extended discussion of the sociopolitical dimensions of Athenian sport history. Sport and politics were realms of contestation at Athens, and there were tensions and negotiations as athletic programs and participation grew. Athenian sport and politics became more meritocratic and democratic in theory than in practice, but overall, sport especially at the Great Panathenaia was a positive, integrating factor in Athenian society.


General Introduction

November 2013

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The introductory chapter of A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity begins with definitions of terms such as sport, athletics, and spectacle, and then gives a brief introduction on the developments in Greek sports history. The chapters in the Companion focus on the societal context in which various activities took place and delve into the relationships between sport and spectacle and between those activities and Greek and Roman society. The book includes essays on a wide range of sites and subjects relating to Greek sport, and concentrates on activities with a strong element of physical performance. The chapter ends with an overview of the organizational structure of the book.

Citations (1)


... Pokud disponovali rodinnými zdroji pro trénink a cestování, mohli uvažovat o provozování sportovních soutěží na vyšší úrovni, ale až poté, co se otestují a popř. uspějí ve své komunitě (Kyle, 2013). Většina z nich pravděpodobně přestala systematicky a veřejně soutěžit v rané dospělosti a následně se v gymnasiích věnovala sportu za účelem zdraví, krásy, sociální interakce, veřejné prezentace nebo připravenosti pomáhat své polis. ...

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Ancient Gymnasion as a Spaceof Lifelong Learning
Greek Athletic Competitions
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  • November 2013