Athletes and Oracles
Subtitle: The Transformation of Olympia and Delphi in the Eighth Century BC (Cambridge Classical Studies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 5, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780521035682
Subjects: Customs; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Social history; History; History - General History; History: World; Ancient Greece; Ancient - Greece; Delphi (Extinct city); History / Ancient / General; History / Ancient / Greece; Ancient - General
First sentence: The eight century marked the beginning of a long process of state formation in many regions of the Greek mainland.