Ancient Olympics
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An OUP video:
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I’m sure we’ll see more of this exhibit over the next while: Ancient games exhibit at the British Museum
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A couple of items of interest comparing Olympics ancient and modern: The real ancient Olympic spirit: political, bawdy, and brutal (Boston Globe) [by Neil Faulkner, of Military Times and Current Archaeology fame] Paying your way to the Olympics (Courier) [by David Pritchard from UQueensland]
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It came to my attention this past week that Dr Jason Konig from St Andrews has started up an excellent blog devoted to the Ancient and Modern Olympics. It will be featured in our Blogosphere posts from this point on, but I did want you to get a sense of ‘what you’ve missed’: Citizenship and…
rogue classicism 