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- catalog abstract "For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die and this book is a succinct history of the ancient Olympics and their modern resurgence. Classics professor David Young, who has researched the subject for over 25 years, reveals how the ancient Olympics evolved from modest beginnings into a grand festival, attracting hundreds of highly trained athletes, tens of thousands of spectators, and the finest artists and poets.".
- catalog contributor b13311748.
- catalog contributor b13311749.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description "For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die and this book is a succinct history of the ancient Olympics and their modern resurgence. Classics professor David Young, who has researched the subject for over 25 years, reveals how the ancient Olympics evolved from modest beginnings into a grand festival, attracting hundreds of highly trained athletes, tens of thousands of spectators, and the finest artists and poets.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-180) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Beginnings and evidence -- Athletic events -- Combat and equestrian events -- Zeus country -- Pindar and immortality -- Body, mind, and Greek athletics -- Questions of profit and social class -- The athletes -- Women and Greek athletics -- Between the Greek and Roman worlds -- The later centuries of Olympia -- The origin and authenticity of the modern Olympic Games -- Appendix A: Chronology and schedule of the athletic circuit -- Appendix B: Technical note on discus and long jump -- Appendix C: Modern issues : the marathon and torch relay.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 184 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Brief history of the Olympic games.".
- catalog identifier "1405111291 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1405111305 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Brief history of the Olympic games.".
- catalog isPartOf "Brief histories of the ancient world".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub.,".
- catalog relation "Brief history of the Olympic games.".
- catalog subject "796.48 22".
- catalog subject "GV23 .Y68 2004".
- catalog subject "Olympic games (Ancient) History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Beginnings and evidence -- Athletic events -- Combat and equestrian events -- Zeus country -- Pindar and immortality -- Body, mind, and Greek athletics -- Questions of profit and social class -- The athletes -- Women and Greek athletics -- Between the Greek and Roman worlds -- The later centuries of Olympia -- The origin and authenticity of the modern Olympic Games -- Appendix A: Chronology and schedule of the athletic circuit -- Appendix B: Technical note on discus and long jump -- Appendix C: Modern issues : the marathon and torch relay.".
- catalog title "A brief history of the Olympic games / David C. Young.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".