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Contents The great sacrifice -- Distant beginnings -- Olympia -- Trainers, judges and spectators -- Let the games begin! -- Hail the champions -- The Olympic legacy.

Backgrounds the original Olympic games of Greece, telling of how they started, ceremonies associated with them, their siting at Olympia, the stadium and hippodrome, facilities for athletes, the temple of Zeus, which specific sporting events were held, and the cultural and social significance of the games.

Series Ancient Greece