Hellenism and Olympism : Pierre de Coubertin and the Greek challenge to the early Olympic Movement / Dikaia Chatziefstathiou & Ian Henry

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Hellenism and Olympism : Pierre de Coubertin and the Greek challenge to the early Olympic Movement / Dikaia Chatziefstathiou & Ian Henry

This article examines the deeper processes that contributed to the incorporation of Hellenistic ideals and Anglo-Saxon values into the ideology of Olympism, especially at the end of the nineteenth century. It focuses on Baron Pierre de Coubertin's ideas, motives and actions as expressed in his published articles and personal correspondence.