Nada que ver con la idea romántica:
The standard view of the Greek Olympics as a halcyon festival bringing amateur sportsmen together in the name of peace and brotherhood is a remnant of 19th-century Romanticism that was institutionalized by aristocrats like modern Games founder Pierre de Coubertin. Adolf Hitler, who staged the 1936 Berlin Games as a testament to the German people, was taken in by a similar vision of nationalism via physical perfection.
The ancient reality could not have been further from these modern misconceptions, as Greek armies routinely violated the Olympic truce, sometimes battling in the Olympic sanctuary itself. Individual achievement was valued much more than participation, and wealth superceded ideology.
Hoy el COI es una empresa comercial, como la FIFA, es todo por guita (pero por debajo de la mesa).
ReplyDeleteMe gustaría conocer las fuentes históricas en las que Mr. Shapire se funda para sus afirmaciones tajantes y también a qué momento de la historia de la Grecia Antigua se refiere.
ReplyDeleteSin fuentes citadas es solamente una opinión, no una afirmación científica fundada en investigaciones históricas.