The Olympic Movement began with the Ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Greece
on the Peloponnesus peninsula at Olympia, Greece. It is not clear why the Greeks instituted …

For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks,
until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the …

The Olympic Games have had two lives—the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations
every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the …

A definitive survey of the Olympic games, from 776 BC to AD 261, this scholarly, yet
immensely readable account of Olympic athletes in ancient times takes a highly realistic …

Pierre de Coubertin has two tombs: one in Lausanne, Switzerland, another in Olympia,
Greece. Evangelis Zappas has three tombs: one in Lambove, Albania, another in Athens …

For over one thousand years between 776 BC and AD 395, princes, statesmen, and famous
athletes gathered every four years at Olympia in western Greece to compete for the olive …

The word'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb'to struggle for a prize'. After reading this
book, no one will see the Olympics as a graceful display of Greek beauty again, but as war …

For more than a century, the Olympics have been the modern world's most significant
sporting event. Indeed, they deserve much credit for globalizing sport beyond the …

During the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, much of the world watched and
celebrated as athletes broke world records and took home medals, fulfilling their Olympic …

ORE than forty years have elapsed since Olympia was excavated by the German
Government, and as yet no M book on the subject has appeared in English. Admirable …