For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the
imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated
the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal
did not die and this book is a succinct history of the ancient
Olympics and their modern resurgence.
Classics professor David Young, who has researched the subject for
over 25 years, reveals how the ancient Olympics evolved from modest
beginnings into a grand festival, attracting hundreds of highly
trained athletes, tens of thousands of spectators, and the finest
artists and poets.
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