Quand les grecs anciens faisaient du sport. Egypte on this jewel of our

on this jewel of our world heritage

photographic documents

he immerses us in the heart of the hardworking and pious Breton society of the first half of the 20th century

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Quand les grecs anciens faisaient du sport. Egypte on this jewel of ourFar from the stereotypes and misconceptions that contemporary sports competitions claim to embrace, Alexandre Farnoux here paints a precise picture of sport among the ancient Greeks. Drawing on the rich collections of the Louvre, combined with textual sources, he succeeds in restoring the practices of the Greeks in all their strange and unexpected aspects, and brings to life before our eyes the animation of a gymnastics lesson or the atmosphere of