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The Olympic Games have had two lives-the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a simple start in Athens in 1896 to a dazzling return to Greece in 2004. Onward to the Olympics provides both an overview and an array of insights into aspects of the Games' history. Leading North American archaeologists and historians of sport explore the origins of the Games, compare the ancient and the modern, discuss the organization and financing of such massive athletic festivals, and e

Jeux olympiques --- Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquite --- Olympics --- Olympic games (Ancient) --- Ancient Olympic games --- Histoire. --- History.

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This book is a comprehensive examination of Olympic victor lists. The origins, development, content, and structure of Olympic victor lists are explored and explained, and a number of important questions, such as the source and reliability of the year of 776 for the first Olympics, are addressed. Olympic victor lists emerge as a clearly defined type of literature that is best understood as a group of closely related texts. This book offers a fresh perspective on works by familiar writers such as Diodorus Siculus and a sense of the potential importance of less-well-known authors such as Phlegon of Tralleis.

Olympic games (Ancient) --- Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité --- Greece --- Grèce --- History. --- Histoire --- Jeux olympiques antiques --- Athlétisme --- Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité --- Grèce --- Ancient Olympic games --- Olympics --- Jeux olympiques antiques. --- Arts and Humanities --- History

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Éducation physique et sportive --- Jeux olympiques antiques --- Antiquité --- Olympics --- Sports --- Olympic games (Ancient) --- Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité --- Jeux olympiques --- History --- Histoire --- Greece --- Grèce --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité --- Histoire. --- Jeux olympiques antiques. --- Antiquité. --- Sports - Histoire. --- Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité - Histoire

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796.032 --- Olympische gedachte. Olympische beweging --- 796.032 Olympische gedachte. Olympische beweging --- Jeux olympiques --- History --- Philosophy

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Jeux olympiques --- Olympische Spelen --- #SMV:olympische spelen --- #SMV:sport --- #SMV:000001 --- #SMV:geschiedenis