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The Smell of Sweat: Greek Athletics, Olympics, and Culture
As STEPHEN G MILLER (professor at Berkeley) points out in his Ancient Greek Athletics, the distinction between ... where the prize for victory was a wreath of olive (Olympia), celery (Nemea), laurel ...
Greek Reporter23d
The Story of Alexandria, the Iconic City of the Ancient Greek World
Lighthouse of Alexandria by Philip Galle, 1572. Credit: Philip Galle / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons Alexandria, the world-renowned ancient Greek metropolis was founded by Alexander the Great ...
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‘September 5’ film on 1972 Munich Olympics captures the truth about terrorism
This compact Paramount release, covering the 1972 Summer Olympics massacre of Israeli athletes in Munich, has a refreshingly simple — but not simplistic — take: Kidnapping and murdering ...
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How Christianity Embraced Ancient Greek Philosophy
Four Greek philosophers depicted in an ancient artwork. Credit: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania / CC BY 2.0 Christianity, with its roots spanning nearly two millennia, has been shaped by ...