Visitor''s Guide to the Ancient Olympics

Informationen zum Autor Neil Faulkner is research fellow at the University of Bristol, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and codirector of several field projects. A freelance archaeologist and historian, his previous books include Apocalypse: The Great Jewish Revolt against Rome and Rome: Empire of the Eagles . He lives in Herts, UK. Klappentext What was it like to attend the Olympics in 388 BC? Would the experience resemble Olympic festivals as we celebrate them today? This book transports us back to the heyday of the city-state and classical Greek civilization. It invites us to discover what th Zusammenfassung An essential book for the 21st-century citizen who seeks a lively guided tour of the ancient Greek Olympics

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Neil Faulkner, Faulkner Neil, Neil Faulkner
• Verlag: Yale University Press Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.03.2012
• EAN: 9780300159073
• ISBN: 978-0-300-15907-3
• Seiten: 272
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Altertum; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics & Paralympics, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Olympic & Paralympic games, Olympic and Paralympic games