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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

Arkadiusz Włodarczyk  and
Mateusz Rozmiarek
Arkadiusz Włodarczyk
Affiliation:
The Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Marymoncka 34, 00-968Warsaw, Poland. Email: [email protected]
Mateusz Rozmiarek
Affiliation:
University of Physical Education in Cracow, al. Jana Pawła II 78, 31-571Cracow, Poland
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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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European Review , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , August 2020 , pp. 587 - 598
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© Academia Europaea 2020

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