This edition reveals the vital role of Greece in reviving the institution of the Olympic Games and placing it on solid modern foundations. His narrative also sheds light, for the first time, on the part played for the Revival by the athletic tradition of Greece. The author persuasively describes the labors of Demetrios Vikelas and Pierre de Coubertin, president and secretary general of the first International Olympic Committee that culminated in the 1896 Olympics. The text has a wealth of illustrations, including rare photographs, documents, and works of art in full color, as well as notes, extensive bibliography and index.

ISBN: 960-213-408-9