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The Olympic Games: The First Thousand Years by M. I. Finley
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The Olympic Games: The First Thousand Years

by M. I. Finley

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Dover Publications (2005), Paperback, 208 pages

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Spécialiste de la Grèce antique, Moses Finley revient sur les principales caractéristiques des premiers Jeux Olympiques. Programme, préparation, calendrier, patriotisme, origine des épreuves, évolution, vous apprendrez l'essentiel de ce qu'il faut savoir concernant ces manifestations.
Le livre, très court, est organisé de manière thématique. Il résume ses arguments et ses exemples au point de survoler quelque peu son sujet. Les points de convergence et de divergence entre les Jeux antiques et les Jeux modernes ne sont pas abordés mais transparaissent, de manière sous-jacente, dans le propos de Finley.
Une petite synthèse sans prétention qui eclaircira les idées de l'amateur de sport. ( )
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A definitive survey of the Olympic Games, from 776 B.C. to A.D. 261. Readers are introduced, with absorbing detail, to the games' events and their historical, social, and religious context. The authors also delineate the similarities and differences between ancient and modern games. 40 unnumbered plates of illustrations, 2 maps, 16 figures.

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