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The Ancient Olympic Games

The Ancient Olympic Games

by Judith Swaddling

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 120 PAGES

The site and sport of Olympia. This revised edition includes a large, detailed model of the ancient site of Olympia, maps and dozens of large color reproductions of vases, sculpture, and other works of ancient art depicting the Games. Swaddling, a curator at the British Museum, looks also at the mythological and religious origins of the games.  (GRE158, $19.95)


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