The ancient Olympic games
2nd ed., rev. and updated
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Author
Publication
2008 - University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, Texas
Language
English
Word Count
30,000 words, Guess
Page Count
120 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveancientolympicga0000swad
- ISBN-139780292718937
- ISBN-100292718934
- Library of Congress Control Number2008920211
- OCLC Control Number259447943
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number216941082
- Better World Books9780292718937
- Open LibraryOL24114838M
Classifications
- LCCGV23 .S9 2008
- LCCGV23.S9 2008
Description
"In this revised and enlarged edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony and the celebrations that were an essential part of the Olympic festival. A large, detailed model based on modern research and excavation reconstructs the site of ancient Olympia, where alongside religious and civic buildings there grew an elaborate sports complex with a stadium for 40,000 spectators, indoor and outdoor training facilities, hot and cold baths, a swimming pool and a race-course. Later chapters cover the diet and medical treatment of athletes, sponsorship, patronage, propaganda and revivals of the Games. The last additional chapter on the modern Games is written in collaboration with Stewart Binns, an expert in this field who has worked closely with the International Olympic Committee over many years."--BOOK JACKET.
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