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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition
David C. Young
January 5, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405111291
ISBN-13: 978-1405111294
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197 Pages
2.04 MB

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.