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# The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games

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    The Ancient Greek halo slips a bit
  

*by G***H on Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2010*

Ah, Ancient Greece!  Where wise men discussed philosophy and science at dignified academies, where young noblemen came to study and improve themselves...Where citizens in the agora held lively discussions about wisdom with Socrates the gadfly...which celebrated the Olympics every four years with dignity and grace, requiring only that the athletes compete in the nude...Well, I guess that's not a complete picture.  This fascinating portrayal of "the REAL Olympics" shows a lot more of the very human nature of those Ancient Greeks.  It's going too far to call the Olympics a five-day debauch, but there was that aspect to it.  A lot of olive oil was massaged into young athletic bodies, and a lot of wine was guzzled by the spectators, almost all of whom had to stand in the blazing sun (without hats --- it was a rule), frequently falling victim to sunstroke or heat exhaustion while the superb professional athletes raked up all the gold and all the glory.  When night fell, and more wine had been guzzled, there was sex aplenty for sale at Olympia, beautiful women and handsome young men both plying their trades.  Your hotel?  Why, that was a blanket on the grass.  Your restaurant?  Cart vendors.  Your latrine?  Well, that would be the dried-up river bed over yonder... Shower facilities and baths?  Are you kidding?The 40,000 spectators arrived smelling pretty ripe, and that smell continued growing riper.  Add in the fumes from a zillion cook-fires, plus that river bed over yonder...But who cared?  This was the OLYMPICS!!  The games here had a run of about 1200 years.The remedy for hangover?  Make sure you upchuck everything before going to bed!  (Would that work??!)In sum, this is a very entertaining portrait of the Ancient Greeks when they weren't posing for marble statues --- it's much more a portrait of the Ancient Greeks we find on ancient drinking cups.  And the portrait of professional athletes of staggering wealth being cheered on by people who had a whole lot less wealth --- why, it may even remind some of modern times.

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    Fun and easy read.
  

*by S***F on Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2022*

This book is a quick easy read. Well written in order to make it easy to comprehend however full of neat details about ancient Olympics. As the book hints at it does tackle some adult themes such as Greek views on nudity and sex, both heterosexual and homosexual relationships.

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    Whipping away the shroud of time
  

*by V***. on Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2006*

"The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games" by Tony Perrottet is a wonderful book describing the ancient Greek games. It's aptly titled, too, in two different ways. First, in the ancient Olympics, the contestants performed nude, without clothing that would prevent spectators from admiring their glorious physiques. But more importantly, Perrottet lifts the respectable veneer that is so often draped over classical times. Many writers have difficulties describing the past. Either they write with such awe that the ancients seem to have been gods, instead of mortals, or the writers write in such a way that we seem to be viewing through a dust-covered lens that makes everything seem old and faded.Perrottet, though, brings the past alive in a way that makes the reader see and hear and even taste, feel and smell - especially smell! - what it was like to participate in these ancient games. Through a variety of different ancient sources, including contemporary texts, vase paintings, statues and a visit to the ruins of Olympia, he is able to give us a well-rounded experience. He guides us through the importance of the games in honoring the gods, how athletes trained, including specific, faddish diets that they followed, the evolution of the different events, the role that women played (unfortunately very little), the discomfort felt by the crowds, and even how physicians treated injuries. "The Naked Olympics" is great fun, and even though the Olympics are not being held in Athens this year, it's worth reading this book to appreciate them wherever they take place (the winter Olympics are taking place in Turin, Italy in 2006).

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