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The Ancient Olympic Games
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Author: Judith SwaddlingIllustrator:
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ISBN: 9780714122502
Format: Paperback
Published: May 2004
Published By: British Museum Press
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Published: May 2004
Published By: British Museum Press
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Product Description
For over 1,000 years, between 776BC and AD395, citizens from all over the classical world flocked every four years to Olympia in western Greece to see famous athletes compete for the olive crowns of the ancient Olympic Games. In this revised and enlarged edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony and the celebrations that were an essential part of the Olympic festival.