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Author: David C. Young
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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.

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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.

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Título A Brief History of the Olympic Games
Autor David C. Young
Encuadernación Tapa dura
Número de edición 1st
Edición 1
Páginas 200
Volúmenes 1
Idioma ENG
Editorial Wiley-Blackwell
Fecha de publicación 2004-07-16
Ilustrado Sí
Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps
ISBN 9781405111294 / 1405111291
Peso 0.84 libras (0.38 kg)
Dimensiones 8.58 x 6.02 x 0.82 pulgadas (21.79 x 15.29 x 2.08 cm)
Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2004001156
Dewey Decimal Code 796.48

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David C. Young is Professor of Classics at the University of Florida and author of the acclaimed The Modern Olympics: A Struggle for Revival (1996). His Olympic Myth of Greek Amateur Athletics (1984) won the Book of the Year award from the North American Society of Sports Historians. He translated the Words of Pindar which were read out at the closing ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympic Games.

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Hardback. New. 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.