A visitor's guide to the ancient Olympics
Faulkner, Neil2012
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What was it like to attend the Olympics in 388 BC? Would the experience resemble the Olympic festivals as we celebrate them today? This book transports us back to the heyday of classical Greek civilization, inviting us to discover what the Greeks did and didn't do during five thrilling days 2400 years ago.
Main title:
A visitor's guide to the ancient Olympics / Neil Faulkner.
Author:
Imprint:
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2012.
Collation:
272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780300159073 (pbk)0300159072 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.4'8'0938796.480
Local class:
796.48
Language:
English
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BRN:
677301