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ДОЗВІЛЛЯ АНТИЧНОСТІ В КОНТЕКСТІ ВИДОВИЩНОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ: ГЛАДІАТОРСЬКІ ІГРИ
Leisure antiquity in the context of entertainment culture: gladiatorial games

Author(s): Olena Mykolayivna Goncharova
Subject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Ancient World, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: leisure; spectacular culture; gladiator games; antiquity;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the analysis of leisure in the context of spectacular ancient culture gladiatorial games based on ancient literary reflection of the work of historians, philosophers, poets, writers and orators of ancient Greece and Rome. Based on the study, the author found the transformation of leisure as a social and humanitarian experience of ancient society, established the nature and content of the gladiatorial games as a form of mass entertainment antiquity. The author described the moral aspects of gladiatorial games in the context of spectacular culture of antiquity.