Annotated Bibliography
1.) Abrams, Harvey. "The History of Olympics-Ancient and Modern.” 27 Aug. 2000. Web. 03 Oct. 2012.
Abrams was a competitor in the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games in the sport of wrestling. His athletic career ended in 1984 when he retired from wrestling, but then his academic career kicked into gear with his main focus on the history of the Olympic Games. Here in this source he starts off with a brief overview of Olympic history and works his way into the details of the ancient Olympics till today's Olympics.
2.) Carr, Karen. "The Olympic Games." Web. 13 Oct. 2012.
Every four years, men from all over Greece comes to compete in a great athletic competition in Elis. This was called the Olympic Games because the place was Olympia. The Olympic Games were originally created to honor Zeus and Hera.
3.) Kotynski, Edward J. "The Athletics of the Ancient Olympics." 2006. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.
In the great history there was either victory or all honor lost. A lot was put into the Olympics and what the people had in store for the contestants. There were certain qualifications, spectator rulings, different events, and the penalties and prizes.
4.) Pausanius, 1:316, 318, in Fred Morrow Fling, ed. A Source Book of Greek History (Boston: D.
C. Heath and Company, 1907), 47-48.
In the second century A.D., the evolution of the Olympic Games of ancient Greece is briefly described. Many scholars have concluded that the Games were an institution that provided a much needed space and time for the scattered and independent city-states of Greece to send their champions and in some fashion reaffirm their ties as Greeks.
5.) "History of the Olympics." Youtube. N.p., n.d. Web. Nov.-Dec. 2012.
In the video, it describes and shows what the Olympics were like back then.
6.) "Google Images." Google Images. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2012.
The featured images on the website show the athletes that competed in the earlier Olympics.
7.) "Jesse Owens." Youtube. N.p., n.d. Web. Nov.-Dec. 2012.
This video shows Jesse Owens sprinting in the Nazi Olympics.
Abrams was a competitor in the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games in the sport of wrestling. His athletic career ended in 1984 when he retired from wrestling, but then his academic career kicked into gear with his main focus on the history of the Olympic Games. Here in this source he starts off with a brief overview of Olympic history and works his way into the details of the ancient Olympics till today's Olympics.
2.) Carr, Karen. "The Olympic Games." Web. 13 Oct. 2012.
Every four years, men from all over Greece comes to compete in a great athletic competition in Elis. This was called the Olympic Games because the place was Olympia. The Olympic Games were originally created to honor Zeus and Hera.
3.) Kotynski, Edward J. "The Athletics of the Ancient Olympics." 2006. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.
In the great history there was either victory or all honor lost. A lot was put into the Olympics and what the people had in store for the contestants. There were certain qualifications, spectator rulings, different events, and the penalties and prizes.
4.) Pausanius, 1:316, 318, in Fred Morrow Fling, ed. A Source Book of Greek History (Boston: D.
C. Heath and Company, 1907), 47-48.
In the second century A.D., the evolution of the Olympic Games of ancient Greece is briefly described. Many scholars have concluded that the Games were an institution that provided a much needed space and time for the scattered and independent city-states of Greece to send their champions and in some fashion reaffirm their ties as Greeks.
5.) "History of the Olympics." Youtube. N.p., n.d. Web. Nov.-Dec. 2012.
In the video, it describes and shows what the Olympics were like back then.
6.) "Google Images." Google Images. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2012.
The featured images on the website show the athletes that competed in the earlier Olympics.
7.) "Jesse Owens." Youtube. N.p., n.d. Web. Nov.-Dec. 2012.
This video shows Jesse Owens sprinting in the Nazi Olympics.