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"David Young is one of the world's foremost experts on the Olympic Games, and this book contains many interesting details that have remained in the deep shadows of history much too long. An excellent read!" Anthony Th. Bijkerk, Secretary-General, International Society of Olympic Historians end!->
"An impressively comprehensive, clear and often vivid survey of the ancient Olympics ... The book is packed with carefully considered interventions in long-standing debates." The Journal of Hellenic Studies
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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.
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.
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combative events, armed race, ancient athletes, torch relay, amateur rules, victory ode, athletic festival, turning post, equestrian events, distance race Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Olympic Games, Big Four, Roman Empire, Magna Graecia, Pythian Games, Peloponnesian War, Trojan War, Asia Minor, Los Angeles, Middle Ages, Pierre de Coubertin, Alexander the Great, Athens Olympiad, Athens Olympics, Council House, Evangelis Zappas, Mount Olympus, Olympian Zeus, Panagiotis Soutsos, Theogenes of Thasos, Town Hall, Winner of the Circuit New!
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Rhodon: "Maybe he will really do it!" Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
combative events, armed race, ancient athletes, torch relay, amateur rules, victory ode, athletic festival, turning post, equestrian events, distance race Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Olympic Games, Big Four, Roman Empire, Magna Graecia, Pythian Games, Peloponnesian War, Trojan War, Asia Minor, Los Angeles, Middle Ages, Pierre de Coubertin, Alexander the Great, Athens Olympiad, Athens Olympics, Council House, Evangelis Zappas, Mount Olympus, Olympian Zeus, Panagiotis Soutsos, Theogenes of Thasos, Town Hall, Winner of the Circuit New!
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- The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides on page 60, page 122, and page 124
- The Ancient World by David Young in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Greece and Rome (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) by Joan R. Mertens in Back Matter
- Ancient World (Seven Wonders of the World) by Neil Morris in Back Matter
- The Olympic Games by Michael Grant in Back Matter
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- Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World (Ancient Cultures) by Donald G. Kyle in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World by Donald G. Kyle in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Brief History of Ancient Astrology (Brief Histories of the Ancient World) by Roger Beck in Front Matter
- Celebrity in Antiquity: From Media Tarts to the Tabloid Queens (Classical Inter/Faces) by Robert Garland in Back Matter
- A Brief History of Ancient Astrology (Brief Histories of the Ancient World) by Roger Beck in Front Matter
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