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  • Tourists lunge over the original 4th century start/finish line in the stadium at Olympia. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet - or Stadion - from which we get the word 'stadium'. On the grassy bank in the background is where the seating once accommodated the many sporting pilgrims who travelled to this place from all over Greece during agreed truces in the weeks of the Olympic festival. The 29th Olympics came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • On a partially-demolished building, a mural of the ancient  Goddess Nike remains chipped and scraped on an old restaurant wall. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers at the Temple of Zeus before competition but this site is in the heart of the modern town of Olympia that has grown up around the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • A tourist crouches on the original 4th century marble starting line at ancient Olympia's athletics track where both ancient Greeks and Romans held their games. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers before competition. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet, or 'Stadion,' from which we get the word 'Stadium'. Olympic spectators suffered dehydration due to to extreme heat. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and at the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
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  • Fallen Ionic and Doric columns lay in the undergrowth at Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and in the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery here. These fluted columns that date to about 400BC that now lie in the shade were originally piled on top of each other to construct - among other buildings too - the Temple of Zeus. There, the athletes made offerings to Nike, the Goddess of Victory before going out to compete in the many sports. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
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  • A toilet sign sits near the standing Doric columns and tourists at Olympia's Palaestra or wrestling school. Here, training, instruction and bathing took place in the month before the Games. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • Standing in the corner of a brightly sun-lit window, a classical reproduction bust is seen in a hotel foyer in the modern town of Olympia, the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal. Amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • Author Deborah Moggach in conversation with Antonia Byatt during day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Author Deborah Moggach in conversation with Antonia Byatt during day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Three young women reading during day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Illustrator David McKee in conversation with Ren Renwick during day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Author Deborah Moggach in conversation with Antonia Byatt during day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Author Deborah Moggach in conversation with Antonia Byatt during day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Author Deborah Moggach in conversation with Antonia Byatt during day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Jacks Thomas, director of the London Book Fair, with members of the Indian High Commission during day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. Ribbon cutting to open the Government of Indias book stand.
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  • Jacks Thomas, director of the London Book Fair, with members of the Indian High Commission during day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. Ribbon cutting to open the Govenment of Indias book stand.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Sofia Fenichell, CEO and Founder of Mrs Wordsmith, giving a seminar about early childhood books during day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Amazon Publishing stand during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Author Holly Bourne during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom. Holly Bourne is a British author of young adult fiction. She is the author of best-selling novel Am I Normal Yet? and several other critically acclaimed books.
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  • Author Holly Bournes new book The Place Ive Cried In Public during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom. Holly Bourne is a British author of young adult fiction. She is the author of best-selling novel Am I Normal Yet? and several other critically acclaimed books.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Amazon Publishing stand during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • China Education Publishing and Media Group stand during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • The Wiley publishing stand during day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Two women pouring tea during day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Illustrator David McKee in conversation with Ren Renwick during day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Author Holly Bourne in conversation with Sarah Shaffi at The English Pen Literary Salon during Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom. Holly Bourne is a British author of young adult fiction. She is the author of best-selling novel Am I Normal Yet? and several other critically acclaimed books.
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  • Amazon Publishing stand during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Author Holly Bourne in conversation with Sarah Shaffi at The English Pen Literary Salon during Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom. Holly Bourne is a British author of young adult fiction. She is the author of best-selling novel Am I Normal Yet? and several other critically acclaimed books.
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  • Author Holly Bourne in conversation with Sarah Shaffi at The English Pen Literary Salon during Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom. Holly Bourne is a British author of young adult fiction. She is the author of best-selling novel Am I Normal Yet? and several other critically acclaimed books.
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  • The University of Chicago Press during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Author Holly Bourne during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom. Holly Bourne is a British author of young adult fiction. She is the author of best-selling novel Am I Normal Yet? and several other critically acclaimed books.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Author Holly Bourne during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom. Holly Bourne is a British author of young adult fiction. She is the author of best-selling novel Am I Normal Yet? and several other critically acclaimed books.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • A young man handing out The New York Review paper during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Shanghai Century Publishing Group during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • The New Daughters of Africa. Margaret Busby, Ellah Wakatama Allfrey and Chibundu Onuzo during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Author Deborah Moggach in conversation with Antonia Byatt during day one of the London Book Fair at Kensington Olympia on the 12th March 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Author Holly Bourne during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom. Holly Bourne is a British author of young adult fiction. She is the author of best-selling novel Am I Normal Yet? and several other critically acclaimed books.
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  • Author Holly Bourne during day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom. Holly Bourne is a British author of young adult fiction. She is the author of best-selling novel Am I Normal Yet? and several other critically acclaimed books.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Day three of the London Book Fair on the 14th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press during day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Books from Poland during day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom.
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  • Two ladies are shopping in a tourist trinket store in the Plaka shopping centre, the largest official Olympic merchandising outlet in downtown Athens. The 29th modern Olympic circus is gearing up for business and official and unofficial souvenirs are on sale here, including postcards and table mats with various works of art available on a rack. We see the Parthenon on the Acropolis Hill, Michelangelo's 'Hands of God and Adam' image from the Sistine Chapel. 'Last Supper' by Leonardo da Vinci and a landscape from ancient Olympia, the birthplace of modern athletics and of the Olympic ideal. The Olympics came home to Greece in 2004 amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. Corruption, politics, cheating and commercialism interfered with the ancient and modern games.
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  • White plaster or cement Goddess statuettes stand on sale on the forecourt of a garden art business in an Athens suberb, Marathonas Avenue - the original Marathon route of 490 BC. The mostly female figurines are in various poses but are all nudes and are in various gestures of a classical heroic style. Those in the foreground have their arms at the heads and moulded breasts and bodies to show the perfect female form while further to the back are male Gods placed on plinths and in recesses. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery.
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  • Abandoned neon pub sign is on the famous Marathonas Avenue near Nea Makri, the original route that the Athenian messenger Pheidippides ran in 490BC. The runner was sent to deliver word of the Greek victory over Persia at the Battle of Marathon. Running 240 km (150 miles) in two days to request help when the Persians landed, he then ran the 40 km (26 miles) from the battlefield Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon with the words 'We have won'. The story inspired the marathon and at the birthplace of modern sports at ancient Olympia, where for 1,000 continuous years, the ancient pagan festival of sport and debauchery were held. The 29th Olympics came home to Greece in 2004. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered even then, as now.
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