Aspecte mai puțin cunoscute despre originea Jocurilor Olimpice moderne
Less known aspects about the origin of the modern Olympic Games
Author(s): Cristian Ștefan LiușneaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, 19th Century
Published by: EDITURA ARHIEPISCOPIEI DUNĂRII DE JOS
Keywords: Evangelos Zappa; William Penny Brookes; Pre-Olympic Games; Demetrios Vikelas; Panagiotis Soustos;
Summary/Abstract: In this paper we set out to talk about lesser-known issues regarding the efforts of Pierre de Coubertinʼs predecessors, who brought the ancient Olympic ideal back to the present, managed to organize the Olympic Games, considered by specialists to be pre-Modern. We return to the Evangelos Zappa, of which I have written before, with the Pre-Olympic Games (1859, 1870, 1875, 1888-1889), but we also speak of the poet Panagiotis Soustos, who supported him in his endeavors, then of Demetrios Vikelas and, not lastly, by the English physician William Penny Brookes, who succeeded in creating the National Olympian Association and organizing the Shropshire Olympic Games (1861).Thus, the study aims at a careful analysis of the historical premises and conditions, which made possible the revival of an ancient ideal, at the level of the 19th century, as well as a moral reparation in favor of those who, unjustly, were forgotten for a long time. Pierre de Coubertin’s success in reviving the Modern Olympics in 1896.
Journal: TEOLOGIE ȘI EDUCAȚIE LA DUNĂREA DE JOS
- Issue Year: XX/2022
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 407-424
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Romanian