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 | The Ancient Olympics: A History (1st Edition) by Nigel Jonathan Spivey, University Of Cambridge Paperback, 298 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-19-280604-1 / 0192806041 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-280604-8 / 9780192806048 The word "athletics" is derived from the Greek verb "to struggle or to suffer for a prize." As Nigel Spivey reveals in this engaging account of the Olympics in ancient Greece, "suffer" is putting it mildly. Indeed, the Olympics were not so much a graceful display of Greek beauty as a war fought by o | |