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    STUDIA EDUCATIO ARTIS GYMNASTICAE - Issue no. 1 / 2024  
         
  Article:   RELIGION, POLITICS AND MYSTICISM IN ANCIENT SPORT.

Authors:  ION-PETRE BARBOȘ, ALPÁR NAGY.
 
       
         
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DOI: 10.24193/subbeag.69(1).07

Received 2024 February 08; Revised 2024 April 18; Accepted 2024 April 19; Available online 2024 May 10; Available print 2024 June 30.
pp. 97-104

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Abstract: The history of ancient sports shows us that sports practice was not a secular one but was closely linked to religious faith. Whether we are talking about ancient Greece (Athens, Sparta, etc.), whether we are talking about Latin America or the Far East, the presence of homage and respect towards the gods is seen as something sacred and no one could dispute it. We have researched the religious phenomenon in sports for more than 30 years, and the result is like religion. politics and the arts of war decided the history of the world and civilization. (Barbos, 2015). It is proven by ancient writings, but also by archaeological traces, from ancient temples and stadiums dedicated to gods and legendary heroes, such as Hercules, the most famous demigod of the ancient world, who remained in legends as one of those who achieved the most successful sports. This article summarizes some ancient sports competitions, which were strictly related to the respect for the gods, which was rewarded with sports games, such as the Olympic Games of Greece.

Key words: Hylozoism, anthropological, animism, secular ritual, sacred ritual, oracle, Delphi, ecotheology, sumo, kyudo.
 
         
     
         
         
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