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Detailed description :Jeux Olympiques et sport en Grèce antique

Jeux Olympiques et sport en Grèce antique

Author(s): Sophie  Padel-Imbaud

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Dating back to Ancient Greece, the Olympic Games were so prestigious that they served as a model for numerous competitions. A comprehensive event for athletes possessing strength, speed, endurance and dexterity, the Greek games boasted an extremely varied program.

Readers are invited to stroll through the Greek collections of the museum and admire the painted or sculpted representations of athletes performing in a variety of disciplines.

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Technical details

40 pages, paperback with flaps, 15 x 18.5 cm, 50 color illustrations.

Publication date

2004

Period

Ancient Greece
ISBN French2-7118-4825-6
French only


Co-publisher(s)

Réunion des Musées Nationaux