Olympic Games in Ancient Greece: Volume 0

Europe Comics
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The year is 432 B.C., and the 87th Olympiad is about to begin. Through the tender story of Lydia and Kallias, we'll be guided through Elis, city of the ancient Olympic Games. We'll take a stroll through the sacred grove of Olympia, with its hallowed Temples and Treasuries,

and we'll see the Prytaneion, the Pelopion, and the Bouleuterion. We'll learn all about the games and the religious ceremonies and cultural events which took place in parallel to the athletic contests. We'll talk to artists and philosophers of the day, getting a better sense of the Olympic spirit, where it came from, and how it resonates still at the modern-day Olympics. A perfect way to prepare for the upcoming 2024 Games in Paris!
The year is 432 B.C., and the 87th Olympiad is about to begin. Through the tender story of Lydia and Kallias, we'll be guided through Elis, city of the ancient Olympic Games. We'll take a stroll through the sacred grove of Olympia, with its hallowed Temples and Treasuries, and we'll see the Pry...

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Tassos Apostolidis was born in 1947 in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he studied mathematics before devoting 42 years of his life to teaching at the high-school level. His body of work includes columns and humor pieces published through the end of the 1990s in newspapers and magazines. He has written books and numerous scripts for graphic novels based on works of classical Greek literature by figures such as Aristophanes, Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aesop. He has also written plays and stand-up comedy shows. Tassos is a member of several writers' organizations and regularly hosts workshops, classes, and conferences on subjects such as drawing, caricature, and comics. In 2022, with Alecos Papadatos, he released "Aristotle," a biography of the great philosopher published by Dargaud Benelux (2023 for the English-language edition, published digitally by Europe Comics).

Tassos Apostolidis was born in 1947 in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he studied mathematics before devoting 42 years of his life to teaching at the high-school level. His body of work includes columns and humor pieces published through the end of the 1990s in newspapers and magazines. He has writte...

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