A visitor's guide to the ancient Olympics / Neil Faulkner
| Author(s): | Faulkner, Neil |
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| Subjects: | Olympic games (Ancient) Olympics Greece--Social life and customs--To 146 B.C Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C Olympia (Greece : Ancient sanctuary) |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012 |
| LC Classification: | D, DF |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2011035476 ISBN: 9780300159073 ISBN: 0300159072 Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-255) and index Contents: The basics -- Finding your way around -- Myths -- History -- Management -- The athletes -- The programme Summary: A guide to the ancient Olympics features a program of events, transportation options as provided by passenger ferry and ox cart, accommodations, and dining options, all as they would have appeared in 338 BC in the spectacle's early days |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 263 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 747713183 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780300159073 0300159072 |