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 …

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 become the single greatest festival of a universal and
cosmopolitan humanity. Seventeen days of sporting competition watched and followed on …

Higher, faster, stronger... The Olympic motto conjures images of heroes whose
achievements transcended their athletic prowess, but also of tragedy and disgrace. By 1980 …

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 …

The Olympics: The Basics is an accessible, contemporary introduction to the Olympic
movement and Games. Chapters explain how the Olympics transcend sports, engaging us …

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 …

This multidisciplinary text is a comprehensive introduction to the central themes and
background of the modern Games. The text considers a range of topics including: the …

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 …