A brief history of the Olympic games /

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. Classi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Young, David C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Colección:Brief histories of the ancient world.
Temas:
Olympic games (Ancient) > History.
Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité > Histoire.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Olympics.
Olympic games (Ancient)
Olympische Spelen.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction -- Beginnings and evidence -- Athletic events -- Combat and equestrian events -- Zeus country -- Pindar and immortality -- Body, mind, and Greek athletics -- Questions of profit and social class -- The athletes -- Women and Greek athletics -- Between the Greek and Roman worlds -- The later centuries of Olympia -- The origin and authenticity of the modern Olympic Games -- Appendix A: Chronology and schedule of the athletic circuit -- Appendix B: Technical note on discus and long jump -- Appendix C: Modern issues : the marathon and torch relay. 
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