THE E<PAIPOMAXIA IN THE SPARTAN ArnrH
Authors
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Luciano Garófalo
Universidad Católica de Temuco
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2616-1892
Abstract
In this work, various textual evidence, and some epigraphics, are analyzed with the purpose of clarifying the place and meaning of boxing (sphairomachía) within the political organization of the Lacedaemonians and, in particular, their civic education. Based on this evidence, the two rival interpretations that have dominated the debate around this issue in the secondary literature are jointly evaluated. Finally, a ‘philosophical’ reflection is carried out in which the notion of ‘virtue’ is considered in relation to the body and good physical condition (euexia), following Aristotle’s statements in the Nicomachean Ethics.Keywords:
Pugilism, Boxing, Virtue, Education, Self-control, SportReferences
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