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Sweating for the Gods: The Competitive Spirit in Ancient Greece
This is the first
presentation for the Institute for the Study of Western
Civilization's Spring
Lecture Series took place on
Nov. 29, 2012.
Dr. David H. J.Larmour, Horn Professor and Head of the
Classics Program at Texas Tech University will be speaking
on the uniquely competitive spirit of the Ancient Greeks.
Dr. Larmour is the
author of Stage and Stadium: Drama and Athletics In Ancient
Greece (Hildesheim 1999) and Honorary Professor of Classics
in the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity at the Univ.
of Birmingham in England.