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Olympics for the twenty-first century - (D.) Young A Brief History of the Olympic Games. Maiden, MA, Oxford and Carlton: Blackwell, 2004. Pp. xiv + 184, illus. £50 (hbk); £12.99 (pbk). 1405111291 (hbk); 1405111305 (pbk). - (S.) Miller Ancient Greek Athletics. New Haven, London: Yale UP, 2004. Pp. ix + 288, illus. £25 (hbk). 0300100833. - (N.) Spivey The Ancient Olympics. Oxford UP, 2004. Pp. xxi + 273, illus. £16.99 (hbk). 0192804332. - (A.) Bernand The Road to Olympia. Origins of the Olympic Games. London: Periplus, 2003. Pp. xv + 300, illus. £50 (hbk). 1902699467. - (U.) Sinn Das Antike Olympia. Götter, Spiel und Kunst. Munich: C.H. Beck, 2004. Pp. 276, illus. 29.90 (hbk). 3406515584. - Smith (M.) Llewellyn Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books, 2004. Pp. x + 290, illus. £16.99 (hbk). 186197342X.
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(D.) Young A Brief History of the Olympic Games. Maiden, MA, Oxford and Carlton: Blackwell, 2004. Pp. xiv + 184, illus. £50 (hbk); £12.99 (pbk). 1405111291 (hbk); 1405111305 (pbk).
(S.) Miller Ancient Greek Athletics. New Haven, London: Yale UP, 2004. Pp. ix + 288, illus. £25 (hbk). 0300100833.
(N.) Spivey The Ancient Olympics. Oxford UP, 2004. Pp. xxi + 273, illus. £16.99 (hbk). 0192804332.
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