Review: MARCO GIUMAN, La trottola nel mondo classico, (Quaderni di Otium, 4), Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, 2020

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https://doi.org/10.54103/2035-4797/18257

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spinning top; game; childhood; rituality

Abstract

Marco Giuman’s essay follows a renewed interest in childhood and play in the Classical world, which has crossed several research fields in recent years. By carefully analyzing archaeological and textual evidence, Giuman reconstructs for the spinning top a complex involvement within a symbolic and ritual dimension, far beyond its most elementary ludic connotations.

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Giovanni Colzani , University of Milan

Giovanni Colzani is post-doctoral researcher in Classical Archaeology from Milan University (Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze dei Beni Culturali e Ambientali). His main research interest is Roman sculpture, and he is currently member of the Unimi reseach unit within the PRIN project The Architecture of the Emperor. Official and private residences, urban landscapes and harbours in the age of Hadrian (117-138 AD).

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2022-07-07

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N. 30 (2022)

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BOOKS, EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS

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