Bodily Arts: Rhetoric and Athletics in Ancient GreeceThe role of athletics in ancient Greece extended well beyond the realms of kinesiology, competition, and entertainment. In teaching and philosophy, athletic practices overlapped with rhetorical ones and formed a shared mode of knowledge production. Bodily Arts examines this intriguing intersection, offering an important context for understanding the attitudes of ancient Greeks toward themselves and their environment. In classical society, rhetoric was an activity, one that was in essence "performed." Detailing how athletics came to be rhetoric's "twin art" in the bodily aspects of learning and performance, Bodily Arts draws on diverse orators and philosophers such as Isocrates, Demosthenes, and Plato, as well as medical treatises and a wealth of artifacts from the time, including statues and vases. Debra Hawhee's insightful study spotlights the notion of a classical gymnasium as the location for a habitual "mingling" of athletic and rhetorical performances, and the use of ancient athletic instruction to create rhetorical training based on rhythm, repetition, and response. Presenting her data against the backdrop of a broad cultural perspective rather than a narrow disciplinary one, Hawhee presents a pioneering interpretation of Greek civilization from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE by observing its citizens in action. |
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... Aretē 15 2. Sophistic Mētis: An Intelligence of the Body 44 3. Kairotic Bodies 65 4. Phusiopoiesis: The Arts of Training 86 5. Gymnasium I: The Space of Training 109 6. Gymnasium II: The Bodily Rhythms of Habit 133 7. The Visible Spoken ...
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Contents
Shipwreck | 3 |
Contesting Virtuosity Agonism and the Production of Aretē | 15 |
Sophistic Metis An Intelligence of the Body | 44 |
Kairotic Bodies | 65 |
Phusiopoiesis The Arts of Training | 86 |
Gymnasium I The Space of Training | 109 |
Gymnasium II The Bodily Rhythms of Habit | 133 |
The Visible Spoken Rhetoric Athletics and the Circulation of Honor | 162 |
Conclusion | 189 |
Notes | 197 |
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