How to Compete: An Ancient Guide to the Virtues of Sports
Author:   Lucian ,  Heather L. Reid ,  Phillip Mitsis
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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9780691281407


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   24 February 2026
Format:   Hardback
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How to Compete: An Ancient Guide to the Virtues of Sports


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Author:   Lucian ,  Heather L. Reid ,  Phillip Mitsis
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
ISBN:  

9780691281407


ISBN 10:   0691281408
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   24 February 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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""With a helpful introduction and glossary, [Heather L. Reid and Phillip Mitsis's] translation is so immediate you can feel the athletes flinging sweat into your eyes.""---Ron Charles


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Lucian (c. 125180 CE) was one of the most popular writers in the ancient Greek-speaking world. With brilliant wit and rhetorical charm, his dialogues examined contemporary religious, philosophical, and cultural beliefs. Heather L. Reid is professor emerita at Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa. Her books include Introduction to the Philosophy of Sport and Athletics and Philosophy in the Ancient World. Phillip Mitsis is the A. S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization at New York University. His books include The Oxford Handbook of Epicurus and Epicureanism.

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