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Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (Historical Dictionaries of Sports)
Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement - Historical Dictionaries of Sports
Author: John Grasso, Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans
The Olympic Movement began with the Ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Greece on the Peloponnesus peninsula at Olympia, Greece. It is not clear why the Greeks instituted this quadrennial celebration in the form of an athletic festival. The recorded history of the Ancient Olympic Games begins in 776 B.C., although it is suspected that the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781442248595
ISBN-10: 1442248599
Publication Date: 5/27/2015
Pages: 906
Edition: Fifth Edition
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Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
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