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Identifier: briefhistoryofna01fish (find matches)
Title: A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati (etc.) American book company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Dagger fkom Mycenae called the Delphic Amphictyony, or League of Neighbors. Theleague adopted regulations relating to the conduct of wars;and the sanctuary at Delphi, with its prophetic oracle, becamethe most famous temple in Greece. In early times the influ-ence of the managing priests was a wholesome one. In latertimes they lost their reputation for honesty and impartiality. PREHISTORIC AGE 69
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TO GREECE Games.—More important as bonds of nnion among Greeksthan religions associations were the national games. The con-tests which determined superiority in every kind of activitywere keenly relished. Successful competitors in physical con-tests, as well as in art and literature, were highly honored.There was a great fondness for gymnastic exercises. Of thefour great festivals for public games the Olympic was the mostcelebrated. From the year 776 b.c, which was called thefirst Olympiad, this festival gathered every fourth year, atOlympia in Elis, a great concourse of combatants and spec-tators. Any free-born Greek, of whatever country, mightenter as a competitor in the games, which, after a time, were

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