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About the Author
Kostas Dervenis is a martial arts instructor in jujutsu, pammachon, and t’ai chi chuan. He has written four books on the martial arts and martial traditions, including Nei Kung and The Magus of Java under the pen name Kosta Danaos. He lives in Athens, Greece.
Nektarios Lykiardopoulos has a degree in physical therapy and is certified as an instructor in a number of martial arts practices. He began studying martial arts and combat sports in 1983 and has been a member of the Technical Committee of the Hellenic Pankration Federation since 1999. He lives in Athens, Greece.
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Copyright © 2005 by Esoptron Publications
English translation copyright © 2007 by Esoptron Publications
Originally published in Greek under the title ΠΟΛΕΜΙΚΕΣ ΤΕΧΝΕΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΗ ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΟ [Martial Arts in Ancient Greece and the Mediterranean] by Esoptron Publications
First U.S. Edition published in 2007 by Destiny Books
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dervenis, Kostas.
The martial arts of ancient Greece : modern fighting techniques from the Age of Alexander / Kostas Dervenis and Nektarios Lykiardopoulos ; translated by Michael J. Pantelides and Kostas Dervenis. — 1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-1-59477-740-0
1. Pancratium—Greece—History. 2. Martial arts—Greece—History. I. Lykiardopoulos, Nektarios. II. Title.
GV1193.D47 2007
796.810938—dc22
2007031292
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