SPORT AND MEDICINE DURING GREEK ANTIQUITY AND ROMAN IMPERIAL TIMES

This study examines the relationship between gymnastics and medicine using literary sources from the Greco-Roman period. Throughout ancient Greek literature gymnastics was presented in relation to medicine. Gymnasts were not always distinguished from physicians. Gymnastics was thought to protect fro...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2007-04, Vol.93 (1), p.59-75
Hauptverfasser:	Pavlogiannis, Onoufrios, Lomi, Constantina, Albanidis, Evangelos, Konitsiotis, Spiros, Geroulanos, Stephanos
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Exercise Gymnastics Medical cures Medical practice Physicians Platonism Presocratic philosophy Soul Training devices Wellbeing
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