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Original Title:	Astérix aux Jeux olympiques
ISBN:	0340191694 (ISBN13: 9780340191699)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Astérix #12, Astérix à volta do mundo #6
Characters:	Asterix, Obelix, Panoramix
Setting:	Greece

Asterix at the Olympic Games (Astérix #12) Paperback | Pages: 48 pages

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Title	:	Asterix at the Olympic Games (Astérix #12)
Author	:	René Goscinny
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 48 pages
Published	:	December 1st 1976 by Hambleton Hill Publishing (first published 1968)
Categories	:	Sequential Art. Comics. Bande Dessinée. Graphic Novels. Humor. Fiction

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One of the very first Asterix books I can remember reading as a kid. And it’s as good as ever.

The title leaves no room for interpretation, this story does in fact take place at the Olympic Games. In an effort to irritate the Romans, the Gauls set off for Greece to take part in the games (as Romans, of course, since they are part of the empire and would otherwise not be allowed to compete). The kicker? They plan on using the magic potion to make a clean sweep of all the events.

This doesn’t work as planned. Not having done their research, they are made aware of the fact that performance enhancing drugs aren’t allowed mere days before the games commence. This little technicality causes a problem (not only did all the men in the village come along for the ride, there now exists the very real possibility that the Gauls are going to get egg on their faces since nobody has actually trained for any of the sporting events). Fortunately Getafix and Asterix aren’t outdone that easily.

In the end it’s a triumph of brains over brawn.

And, of course, let's not forget all the wonderful references to Ancient Greek culture.

Bonus 1: this story contains a Roman athlete named Gluteus Maximus.
Bonus 2: look out for Asterix’s striped orange shorts.

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Marking individual Asterix books is a new low, but greater men have done worse things for reading challenges.Re-reading the series, first time as an adult. Not surprisingly finding many gems, such as naming of characters, puns etc that may have been missed as a kid. This episode in particular has some allusions to modern day doping in sports, but of course in the days of Julius Caesar. The book written in the 1970s still showed stark racist overtones, which when looked through the lens of 2019



Oh I love Asterix. It's been a constant in my life and along with Twinkle and Bunty was one of the first comics I read. In a fit of topicality, I picked up Asterix At The Olympic Games. And, very simply, it's great. This would be a superb introduction to the Olympics for somebody just starting to explore comics and language (and it could be a very nice parent / child joint-read). The Asterix books are full of puns and wordplay. They're stamped into nearly every frame and the vitality of these is

There's apparently an audience for these predictable tales and non stop puns, but I'm not part of it.

These names will never cease to make me laugh. Veriambitious!

They are like that box of chocolates...you open one and you don't wanna stop till you have devoured them all. :-DAsterix at the Olympic Games is among my earliest memory of falling in love with books. As the adventure takes our friends from the li'l Gaulish village we know so well all the way to Athens and Olympia, where they compete against Romans (and Spartans, and Greeks and...well, that is beside the point), for the first time in the history of Asterix comics, as Romans. Along the way, it

Very Nice Asterix album. It should have been 5-10 pages shorter though. 3.5 stars!