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A story behind ‘The Story’
After working on the Olympia novel (and film) project for a number of years, Michael and I decided that to properly complete the work a trip to Greece was required to inject into the manuscript a real sense of atmospheric authenticity. As Michael was consumed with his...
From ‘Olympia’ to ‘Dune’
“House Atreides claimed to trace its roots more than twelve thousand years, back to the ancient sons of Atreus on Old Terra. Now the family embraced its long history, despite the numerous tragic and dishonorable incidents it contained. The Dukes had made an annual...
Wrestling
Ancient Greek wrestling, also known as palé, was the first combat sport of the ancient Olympic Games, being introduced in 708 BC. Wrestling was practiced in two main forms, one being ‘upright’ wrestling and the other ‘ground’ or ‘rolling’ wrestling. While there is no...
Pankration
Pankration, meaning ‘all force’ or ‘all powers’, was a combat sport combining wrestling and boxing which was introduced to the Olympics. In this form of fighting, everything except biting, gouging and attacking the genitals was permitted. However, because the...