Games and sanctuaries in Ancient Greece

by Panos Valavanēs

"Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece celebrates the athletes, the games, the sanctuaries, the cities, and above all, the inspiring spirit of the ancient Greeks over a span of a millennium and a half - from the earliest mentions of athletics in Homer's Iliad and other literary sources, through the Classical age, and into the Hellenistic, Roman, and late antique periods."--BOOK JACKET.