Olympia: The Olympic Games

Author : Jill Dudley

Paperback

Published : Wednesday 6 April 2016

ISBN : 9780993537844

Price : €2.40

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Description

The origins of the Olympic Games in honour of Zeus - The formalities - Prize giving - closed down under Christianity.

Jill Dudley relates the various myths regarding the founding of the Olympic Games. She takes the reader around the main buildings on the site where the athletes took their vows, and the victors were crowned before the cult statue of the supreme god Zeus in his temple; this statue was one of the seven wonders of the world. It is as it says on the back cover of the booklet: All you need to know about the sacred site, its myths, legends and its gods.

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