79. Ancient Olympics

<p>With the Games underway in Tokyo, Tom and Dominic look back to the Ancient Olympics.&nbsp;They discuss the heroic but incredibly violent stories of the Greek superstars of 2500 years ago, and why the Games were bad news for women, animals and cheats.&nbsp;Plus, Tom reveals how his cricketing woes were compounded by an Ancient Greek poet.</p><p><br></p><p>A Goalhanger Films &amp; Left Peg Media production</p><p>Produced by Jack Davenport</p><p>Exec Producer Tony Pastor</p><p>Twitter:</p><p>@TheRestHistory</p><p>@holland_tom</p><p>@dcsandbrook</p><p>Email: <a href="mailto:restishistorypod@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">restishistorypod@gmail.com</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>