THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES

In this revised and all-colour edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological a nd religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony and the celebrations that were an essential part of the Olympic festival. A large, detailed model based on modern research and excavation reconstructs the site of ancient Olympia, where alongside religious and civic buildings there grew an elaborate sports complex with a stadium for 40,000 spectators, indoor and outdoor traini ng facilit...[Read more]