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Perrottet, Tony, Leslis Thelander

The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004

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Year of publication
2004
ISBN
081296991X
Place of printing
New York
Author
Perrottet, Tony
Publishers
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Keyword
ANCIENT GREEK OLYMPIC GAMES SPORT ATHLETICS
Illustrator
Leslis Thelander
Binding description
S
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Softcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

The Olympic Games - the most dazzling event in the pagan world. Held without a break for over 1200 years, it remains one of the greatest institutions of the civilized world, yet little is known about its history, beyond the mythical. Piecing together ancient eyewitness accounts, this history is a fascinating mix of the familiar and the wildly exotic, exploring the often harsh conditions the spectators endured, the bizarre events that were held, and even Plato's changing room pick up' lines.' 256p; illus