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Mini-Stories : Volume 12

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The Arts and the Olympic Games

Artists were supposed to be amateurs, much like their counterparts competing on the sport side. It all seems like a big departure from what i think of as the ancient olympics. Were those always unterround sports too? They were, for the most part. But there were some ancient olympic competitions for music or singing and heralding - which just involved announcing things really loudly.

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