The Ancient Olympics by Nigel Spivey

The Ancient Olympics

Nigel Spivey

279 pages paperback 2004

3 editions

nonfiction history sports informative slow-paced
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The word 'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb 'to struggle for a prize'. After reading this book, no one will see the Olympics as a graceful display of Greek beauty again, but as war by other means. Nigel Spivey paints a portrait of the Gree...

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