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Nigel Spivey

The Ancient Olympics

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Nigel Spivey - The Ancient Olympics

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The Olympics are a major force in their new modern form, but are they an accurate recreation of the original games?

Nigel Spivey tells what it was probably like in the original stadium. Would it have been possible to sell the TV rights of those games?

Category(ies): history
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN Number: 0192804332