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Finley,M.I & Pleket, H.W.

The Olympic Games : The First Thousand Years.

Clarke Irwin, 1976

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Year of publication
1976
ISBN
0701120878
Place of printing
Toronto
Author
Finley,M.I & Pleket, H.W.
Publishers
Clarke Irwin
Edition
1st Can Ed.
Keyword
OLYMPIC GAMES OLYMPIA ANCIENT GREECE SPORT ATHLETICS
Cover description
Fine
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

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.