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279 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199602698
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 13 July 2012
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The word 'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb 'to struggle for a prize'. After reading this book, no one will see the Olympics as a graceful display of Greek beauty again, but as war by other means. Nigel Spivey paints a portrait of the Gree...
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279 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199602698
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 13 July 2012
Description
The word 'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb 'to struggle for a prize'. After reading this book, no one will see the Olympics as a graceful display of Greek beauty again, but as war by other means. Nigel Spivey paints a portrait of the Gree...
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