古希腊前奥林匹克竞技述论

Athletics in Pre-Olympic Greece

以现存考古材料和文献史料为主要依据,采用文献分析和逻辑归纳等方法,对前奥林匹克时代古希腊竞技类别、特征及对古典时代竞技影响进行探析。研究认为,前奥林匹克时代,在古希腊,除葬礼竞技和祭祀竞技为代表的宗教竞技外,以休闲消遣为目的的娱乐竞技业已产生,且地位日渐凸显。前奥林匹克竞技呈现出全民参与和人本主义特征,是古希腊竞技持续发展的思想基础和社会基础。从项目设置、规则拟订和奖励制度上看,前奥林匹克竞技是古典时代希腊竞技的直接源泉,在世界体育史中占据重要地位。

Athletic competitions in pre-Olympic times were the direct source of ancient Olympics. Literature and archaeological material,which demonstrate that there were sports for recreation besides funeral and sacrifice ones,and recreational sports were becoming more and more important with the days elapsing. Compared with athletics in other areas,the ones in pre-Olympic Greece were humanistic,and the athletes and audience interacted with each other in it. In the respects of events and prizes,they laid a solid foundation for the sports in classical Greece.