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Games and sanctuaries in ancient Greece : Olympia, Delphi, Isthmia, Nemea, Athens / Panos Valavanis ; translated by David Hardy ; foreword by John Boardman.

Title
Games and sanctuaries in ancient Greece : Olympia, Delphi, Isthmia, Nemea, Athens / Panos Valavanis ; translated by David Hardy ; foreword by John Boardman.
Author
Valavanēs, Panos.

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447 p. : col. ill.; 33 cm.
Summary
"Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece celebrates the athletes, the games, the sanctuaries, the cities, and above all, the inspiring spirit of the ancient Greeks over a span of a millennium and a half - from the earliest mentions of athletics in Homer's Iliad and other literary sources, through the Classical age, and into the Hellenistic, Roman, and late antique periods."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Athletes in art
  • Greece > Religion
  • Olympic games (Ancient)
  • Olympic games (Ancient) in art
  • Temples > Greece
ISBN
0892367628
LCCN
2004103080
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries