Ancient and Modern Olympics

The Olympic Games have two great chapters, separated by roughly fifteen centuries: the ancient Games of Greece and the modern Games revived at the end of the nineteenth century. The textbook treats each in its own sub-section:

• Ancient Olympic Games - where and why they began, how they were run, and how they ended.
• Modern Olympic Games - how Baron Pierre de Coubertin revived them, how they differ from the ancient Games, and how they have grown. …