Greek Athletics and the Olympics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Greek Athletics and the Olympics write by Alan Beale. This book was released on 2011-09-29. Greek Athletics and the Olympics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Where did the idea of celebrating the Olympic Games every four years come from? The short answer is ancient Greece. The very name 'Olympic' announces an origin for the competition, but, as with most of our classical heritage, it is easy for the superficial similarities to conceal major cultural differences. The purpose of this new book in the Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts series is to provide an introduction to Greek athletics and their most important competition at Olympia through a selection of contemporary visual and literary sources.
Ancient Greek Athletics
Ancient Greek Athletics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ancient Greek Athletics write by Stephen Gaylord Miller. This book was released on 2004-01-01. Ancient Greek Athletics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presenting a survey of sports in ancient Greece, this work describes ancient sporting events and games. It considers the role of women and amateurs in ancient athletics, and explores the impact of these games on art, literature and politics.
The Olympic Myth of Greek Amateur Athletics
The Olympic Myth of Greek Amateur Athletics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Olympic Myth of Greek Amateur Athletics write by David C. Young. This book was released on 1984. The Olympic Myth of Greek Amateur Athletics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Ancient Olympics
The Ancient Olympics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ancient Olympics write by Nigel Spivey. This book was released on 2012-06-14. The Ancient Olympics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The word 'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb 'to struggle for a prize'. After reading this book, no one will see the Olympics as a graceful display of Greek beauty again, but as war by other means. Nigel Spivey paints a portrait of the Greek Olympics as they really were - fierce contests between bitter rivals, in which victors won kudos and rewards, and losers faced scorn and even assault. Victory was almost worth dying for, and a number of athletes did just that. Many more resorted to cheating and bribery. Contested always bitterly and often bloodily, the ancient Olympics were not an idealistic celebration of unity, but a clash of military powers in an arena not far removed from the battlefield.
A Brief History of the Olympic Games
A Brief History of the Olympic Games - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Brief History of the Olympic Games write by David C. Young. This book was released on 2008-04-15. A Brief History of the Olympic Games available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
