Olympic Games - The First Thousand Years

Klappentext A definitive survey of the Olympic Games, from 776 B.C. to A.D. 261. Readers are introduced, with absorbing detail, to the games' events and their historical, social, and religious context. The authors also delineate the similarities and differences between ancient and modern games. 40 unnumbered plates of illustrations, 2 maps, 16 figures. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefacePlatesAcknowledgementsA Note on Greek Measures of Distance and Money ValuesTable of Dates1. Ancient and Modern2. Games and Festivals3. The Olympic Programme4. Spectators and Facilities5. Rules and Officials6. The Athletes7. Training and Trainers8. Games, Politics and Patronage9. The CriticsEpilogueIndex

Produktdetails

• Autoren: M I Finley, M I Pleket Finley, M. I. Finley, M. I. Pleket Finley, M. I./ Pleket Finley, H W Pleket, H. W. Pleket
• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.10.2005
• EAN: 9780486444253
• ISBN: 978-0-486-44425-3
• Seiten: 208
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Ratgeber > Sport > Allgemeines, Lexika, Handbücher, Jahrbücher, Geschichte