Quand les grecs anciens faisaient du sport. Egypte Hospitalities in Mediterranean Antiquity)

Hospitalities in Mediterranean Antiquity)

published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition proposed by the Institut du monde arabe-Tourcoing

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Georges Braque for whom he built a studio in Varengeville

photographic documents

Quand les grecs anciens faisaient du sport. Egypte Hospitalities in Mediterranean Antiquity)Far 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