Olympia
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From eKathimerini: Seven men were sentenced by a Greek court on Wednesday in connection with a high-profile museum robbery in Olympia last year, a judicial source said. In February 2012, armed thieves broke into a museum dedicated to the ancient Olympic Games and made off with nearly 80 archaeological artefacts. In November last year, police…
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As might be expected, there has been a pile of attention in the popular press being paid to the ancient version of the Olympics and I figured it would be a useful thing to gather a bunch of them together in one post to give you some way to kill time while you were waiting…
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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 