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- catalog abstract ""In this revised and enlarged edition of her 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. New chapters cover the diet and medical treatment of athletes, sponsorship, patronage and propaganda and revivals of the Games."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13310497.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""In this revised and enlarged edition of her 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. New chapters cover the diet and medical treatment of athletes, sponsorship, patronage and propaganda and revivals of the Games."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / HRH The Princess Royal -- The Olympic games : where and why? -- The site -- Records and regulations -- Preparation and training -- The programme -- The events -- Prize-giving and celebrations -- Politics, scandal and propaganda -- Death and rebirth.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108) and index.".
- catalog extent "112 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0292777515 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Austin : University of Texas Press,".
- catalog subject "796.4/8/09014 21".
- catalog subject "GV23 .S9 1999".
- catalog subject "Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité Histoire.".
- catalog subject "Olympic games (Ancient)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / HRH The Princess Royal -- The Olympic games : where and why? -- The site -- Records and regulations -- Preparation and training -- The programme -- The events -- Prize-giving and celebrations -- Politics, scandal and propaganda -- Death and rebirth.".
- catalog title "The ancient Olympic games / Judith Swaddling ; [foreword by HRH The Princess Royal].".
- catalog type "text".