Some Basic Aspects of Panhellenic Games and Festivals in the Late-Archaic and Classical Period

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Some Basic Aspects of Panhellenic Games and Festivals in the Late-Archaic and Classical Period. / Nielsen, Thomas Heine.

I: Estudios clásicos, Bind 164, 2024, s. 65-88.

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Nielsen, TH 2024, 'Some Basic Aspects of Panhellenic Games and Festivals in the Late-Archaic and Classical Period', Estudios clásicos, bind 164, s. 65-88. https://doi.org/10.48232/eclas.164.02

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Nielsen, T. H. (2024). Some Basic Aspects of Panhellenic Games and Festivals in the Late-Archaic and Classical Period. Estudios clásicos, 164, 65-88. https://doi.org/10.48232/eclas.164.02

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Nielsen TH. Some Basic Aspects of Panhellenic Games and Festivals in the Late-Archaic and Classical Period. Estudios clásicos. 2024;164:65-88. https://doi.org/10.48232/eclas.164.02

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Nielsen, Thomas Heine. / Some Basic Aspects of Panhellenic Games and Festivals in the Late-Archaic and Classical Period. I: Estudios clásicos. 2024 ; Bind 164. s. 65-88.

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