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Competition, Tyranny, and the Birth of Ancient Greece

Tides of History

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Introduction

The sand under the wrestler's feet felt coarse and grainy, hot under the beating rays of the sun. Blood streamed from a squashed nose and he stepped gingerly on an ankle that had twisted as he fell to the ground early in the match. Though neither man could hear it through the fog of pain and adrenaline, the crowd had reached a fever pitch of shouting and cheering. To the victor would go all the accolades, the fame and the glory. People across the Greek world would know his name, everywhere from Athens to Corinth to Syracuse.

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