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Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece
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Pages: 0
Authors: Panos Valavanis
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Twelve years after the first edition of this book the time has come for an enlarged and improved second edition. This was prompted by the need to update it with
Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Ancient Greek World
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: John Pedley
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-10-17 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Covering important themes and issues which are linked to historic and specific sanctuaries, this book will provide students with an accessible yet authoritative
The Crown Games of Ancient Greece
Language: en
Pages: 182
Authors: David Lunt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-04-22 - Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

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Introduction -- Athletes, Festivals, and The Crown Games -- Olympia and the Olympian Games -- Nemea and the Nemean Games -- Isthmia and the Isthmian Games -- De
Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece
Language: en
Pages: 442
Authors: Panos Valavanēs
Categories: History
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As religious rituals, rites of passage, and celebrations of the body, athletics were deeply woven into the fabric of ancient Greek life. Modeled after physical
Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece
Language: en
Pages: 333
Authors: Matthew Dillon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-15 - Publisher: Routledge

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This volume explores the religious motivations for pilgrimage and reveals the main preoccupations of worshippers in Ancient Greece. Dillon examines the main san