books.google.nl - 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 warfought by other...http://books.google.nl/books/about/Ancient_Olympics_Pb.html?hl=nl&id=zgizZFBrWAAC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAncient Olympics Pb
