Sold Price: SPYROS LOUIS. Albumen photo by A. Gaziadis, portrait of the famous Greek athlete winner of the first modern-day Olympic marathon - July 6, 0114 2:00 PM CEST
SAVARY Claude Etienne, "Lettres sur la Grece: faisant suite de celles sur lEgypte", Paris, Onfroi, 1788. 8vo, pp.[3],362,[2]. First edition, complete with a folding map of Crete and the southern Aegean and a folding plate of the Labyrinth. A collection of letters describing the actual conditions in the Greek islands at the end of the 19th century. Rich in first hand information life & social structure of the Greek communities in Ottoman Empire. Contemporary full leather. Worn along external…
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Spyros Louis, the first marathon race winner of the Modern Olympic Games, 1896 - retro pin
Spyridon Louis, a previously unrecognised water carrier, won the event to become the only Greek athletics champion and a national hero. When the modern Olympics began in 1896, the initiators and organizers were looking for a great popularizing event, recalling the ancient glory of Greece. The idea of a marathon race was conceived by Michel Bréal based on the legend of Pheidippides. This Athenian soldier first completed a two-day run to seek Spartan help against the invading Persians in the…
Η ιστορία του Μαραθωνίου Δρόμου
Στην αρχαιότητα ο Μαραθώνιος δεν υπήρχε ως άθλημα, ούτε και κάποιο παρόμοιο αγώνισμα. Η ιδέα για την καθιέρωσή του ανήκει στον γάλλο φιλόλογο Μισέλ Μπρεάλ...