Publication details

Minoan bull-leaping: ritual, show, or sport?

Authors

KLONTZA Věra

Year of publication 2019
Type Conference abstract
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Description The paper aims to evaluate the role of physical fitness during the Cretan Bronze Age, particularly during the Neopalatial Period (MM III - LM IB). Depictions of activities, which we today understand as sport (in particular running, boxing, wrestling, acrobatic performances, and bull-leaping), are usually connected with dancing scenes, ritual practices, and what we contemporarily call “free-time-activities.”
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