A brief history of the Olympic games:
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Main Author: Young, David C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA Blackwell Pub. 2004
Series:Brief histories of the ancient world
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index
For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die and this book is a succinct history of the ancient Olympics and their modern resurgence. Classics professor David Young, who has researched the subject for over 25 years, reveals how the ancient Olympics evolved from modest beginnings into a grand festival, attracting hundreds of highly trained athletes, tens of thousands of spectators, and the finest artists and poets
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 184 pages)
ISBN:0470774827
0470777753
1405111305
9780470774823
9780470777756

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