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A Brief History of the Olympic Games

David C. Young (University of Florida)

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English
Wiley-Blackwell
11 June 2004
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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Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 225mm,  Width: 144mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   369g
ISBN:   9781405111294
ISBN 10:   1405111291
Series:   Wiley Brief Histories of the Ancient World
Pages:   200
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for A Brief History of the Olympic Games

David Young is one of the world's foremost experts on the Olympic Games, and this book contains many interesting details that have remained in the deep shadows of history much too long. An excellent read! Anthony Th. Bijkerk, Secretary-General, International Society of Olympic Historians end!-> An impressively comprehensive, clear and often vivid survey of the ancient Olympics ... The book is packed with carefully considered interventions in long-standing debates. The Journal of Hellenic Studies


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