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A Brief History of the Olympic Games

By David C. Young

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2004
ISBN
1-4051-1129-1, 1-4051-1130-5, 9781405111294
Open Library ID
OL8405140M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2192479 bytes)
Pages
198\198
Topic
History
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

Description

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.

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