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Games in the Accademia Arcadia as a Legacy of the Olympic Idea between the Seventeenth and the Eighteenth Centuries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2020
Abstract
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries a specific type of games took place in the Roman Academy of Arcadia. These games were a major cultural event in the academy and were a type of poetry competition which, in many aspects, was similar to the ancient Olympic Games. Therefore, they are a perfect example of the heritage of the Olympic spirit of the given era.
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