Author: FINLEY,M.I & PLEKET, H.W.
Title: The Olympic Games : The First Thousand Years.
Description: Toronto, Clarke Irwin. 1976, 1st Can Ed. (ISBN: 0701120878) Hardcover. Book, The ancient Olympics from 776 BC to AD 261."In this beautifully illustrated and eye-opening book, the author and his associate have accomplished the near impossible: a brilliant history of the mysterious and little-known events on which our modern Olympic Games were patterned. They tell us not only what the actual sporting events and rules were, but who the athletes were and how they were trained, how the games were financed and managed, and how the participants viewed the games themselves, all told in both scholarly and readable fashion, with fascinating ilustrations137p. plates (some col.) Diagrams. index. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: 0701120878 Olympic Games Olympia Ancient Greece Sport Athletics Olympic Games


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