Buy this book on-line Finley,M.I & Pleket, H.W : The Olympic Games : The First Thousand YearsClarke Irwin, Toronto, 1976 ISBN 0701120878
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.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Finley,M.I & Pleket, H.W : The Olympic Games : The First Thousand Years. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. FINLEY, M.I. & PLEKET, H.W : The Olympic Games: The First Thousand YearsChatto & Windus, 1976
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