The Olympic Games in Ancient Greece
is an account of the dramatic rise of ancient Greek athletics, centering around its crowning achievement, the Olympic Games. It contains chapters devoted to the social structure that favored the development of athletics and also to the central importance of its role in education. Each event is examined separately, its technique analyzed and the book is thus comprehensive and informative, as well as a pleasure to read.
Hard Cover
303 Pages
In English.
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