The Olympic Games : The First Thousand Years.
by Finley,M.I & Pleket, H.W
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0701120878
- ISBN 13
- 9780701120870
- Seller
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About This Item
Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1976 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Can Ed.. The ancient Olympics from 776 BC to AD 261."In this beautifully illustrated and eye-opening book, the author and his associate have accomplished the near impossible: a brilliant history of the mysterious and little-known events on which our modern Olympic Games were patterned. They tell us not only what the actual sporting events and rules were, but who the athletes were and how they were trained, how the games were financed and managed, and how the participants viewed the games themselves, all told in both scholarly and readable fashion, with fascinating ilustrations137p. plates (some col.) Diagrams. index..
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31164
- Title
- The Olympic Games : The First Thousand Years.
- Author
- Finley,M.I & Pleket, H.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Can Ed.
- ISBN 10
- 0701120878
- ISBN 13
- 9780701120870
- Publisher
- Clarke Irwin
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- OLYMPIC GAMES OLYMPIA ANCIENT GREECE SPORT ATHLETICS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Greece - Ancient; Olympic Games;
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