· Peeling away the layers of myth, Perrottet lays bare the ancient sporting experience—including the round-the-clock bacchanal inside the tents of the Olympic Village, the all-male nude workouts under the statue of Eros, and history’s first corruption scandals involving athletes/5(6). "Peeling away the layers of myth, Perrottet lays bare the ancient sporting experience - including the round-the-clock bacchanal inside the tents of the Olympic Village, the all-male nude workouts under the statue of Eros, and history's first corruption scandals involving bltadwin.ru Interaction Count: Peeling away the layers of myth, Perrottet lays bare the ancient sporting experience—including the round-the-clock bacchanal inside the tents of the Olympic Village, the all-male nude workouts under the statue of Eros, and history’s first corruption scandals involving athletes/5.
Tony Perrottet's book (The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games, Random House, ) is a fun, almost novel-like description of the ancient Olympics, held in Olympia (not to be confused with Olympus) from around B.C. until A.D. The book's unstated thesis may be that those ancient games had as much ego, politics, and corruption as our modern Olympics have. Mr. Perrottet talked about his book [The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games], published by Random House. He spoke about how the Olympics we know today are drastically different. Item Price. $ The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Olympic Games: The True Story of the Ancient Games. by Perrottet, Tony. Seller. World of Books Ltd. Condition. Like New. ISBN.
"Peeling away the layers of myth, Perrottet lays bare the ancient sporting experience - including the round-the-clock bacchanal inside the tents of the Olympic Village, the all-male nude workouts under the statue of Eros, and history's first corruption scandals involving athletes. Featuring sometimes scandalous cameos by sports enthusiasts Plato, Socrates, and Herodotus, The Naked Olympics offers essential insight into today's Games and an unforgettable guide to the world's first and most influential athletic festival."Just in time for the modern Olympic games to return to Greece this summer for the first time in more than a century, Tony Perrottet offers up a diverting primer on the Olympics of the ancient bltadwin.ru researched; his sources are as solid as sources. Tony Perrottet is a contributing writer for Smithsonian magazine, a regular contributor to the New York Times and WSJ Magazine, and the author of six books including ¡Cuba Libre!: Che, Fidel and the Improbable Revolution that Changed World History,The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games and Napoleon's Privates: Years of History Unzipped.
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