HIST 215 Lecture 5: HIST 215 W3L5
28 Mar 2017
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Lecture outline -- hist215 (5) nudity, athletics & the erotic. I nudity in sport: human body ultimate symbol, naked or clothed body communes power to readiness to lead breed, fight or flee, protect hearth. Melampygos = tanned butt: lucian said that nudity inspired fitness, pride and military worthiness. In gymnasium culture of ancient greece, nudity communed citizenship, social. 2 status, leisure, attention to fitness and bodily virtue. Isonomia = equality before the law: another scholar sees athletic nudity as fostering equality among citizens, fairness among competition and democracy. Cities with athletic competitions first to become democratic (athens or croton: nude athletes compete with bodies, and not possessions, no signs of status. Here see nudity as school uniform, great equalizer among classes. Sport and democracy: further evidence idea of equality in games and nudity, in the practice of flogging athletes for infractions.
