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Encyclopedia > Asterix at the Olympic Games

Asterix at the Olympic Games is an extremely effective satire on performance enhancing drug taking in sport.


While out hunting, Asterix and Obelix run across a sports champion of one of the local Roman garrisons who is to participate in the Olympic Games. Due to their preceeding comsumption of magic potion, they beat the Roman athlete in everything he attempts, temporarily breaking his resolve. Later on, the Gauls decide to participate in the Games as well, under the view that - as part of the Roman world - they are legally Romans. They later arrive in Greece and are entered in the list of participants, much to the surprise of the Greeks and to the disconcertion of the Romans.


Eventually the Romans file a protest about the magic potion, which is banned by the Olympic officials; this decision would seem to put an end to the Gauls' attempts to win the gold medal (the Romans being much fitter and better trained). However, in an ingenious twist, Asterix and Getafix leak the location of the potion to the Romans, who, in their desire to win, all take the banned substance and are disqualified, leaving Asterix as the winner by default. The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years and comprising summer and winter games. ... A shrewd, cunning little warrior; all perilous missions are immediately entrusted to him. ...


But after the Gauls' return home, it is revealed that Asterix had given the victor's olive twig to the Roman athlete he and Obelix had irked at the beginning of the story, since the latter had needed it mor than him. And for once, Caesar is pleased, and the legionary and his centurio are promoted.


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This is probably the only time Asterix has shown anyone's age before, as it shows Geriatrix is 93. Geriatrix (born c. ...


During the efforts of Paris to get the right to host the 1992 Summer Olympics the Bid Committee published a poster where Asterix holds a torch over the Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... The Tower at sunrise The Eiffel Tower (French: Tour Eiffel; IPA pronunciation: , eye-full English; , a-fell French) is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars, beside the River Seine in Paris. ...

The Adventures of Asterix and Obelix

Asterix the Gaul | Asterix and the Golden Sickle | Asterix and the Goths | Asterix the Gladiator | Asterix and the Banquet | Asterix and Cleopatra | Asterix and the Big Fight | Asterix in Britain | Asterix and the Normans | Asterix the Legionary | Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield | Asterix at the Olympic Games | Asterix and the Cauldron | Asterix in Spain | Asterix and the Roman Agent | Asterix in Switzerland | The Mansions of the Gods | Asterix and the Laurel Wreath | Asterix and the Soothsayer | Asterix in Corsica | Asterix and Caesar's Gift | Asterix and the Great Crossing | Obelix and Co. | Asterix in Belgium | Asterix and the Great Divide | Asterix and the Black Gold | Asterix and Son | Asterix and the Magic Carpet | Asterix and the Secret Weapon | Asterix and Obelix All at Sea | Asterix and the Actress | Asterix and the Class Act | Asterix and the Falling Sky A shrewd, cunning little warrior; all perilous missions are immediately entrusted to him. ... Asterix the Gaul is the first volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Golden Sickle is the second volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Goths is the third volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix the Gladiator is the fourth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Banquet is the fourth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and Cleopatra, the sixth Asterix book by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, was published in 1965. ... Asterix and the Big Fight is a French comic book, the seventh in the Asterix series. ... Asterix in Britain is a French comic book, the eighth in the Asterix series. ... Asterix and the Normans is the ninth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix the Legionary, the tenth Asterix book by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, was published in 1967. ... Asterix and the Chieftains Shield (original title: Le bouclier arverne) is the eleventh Asterix comic book, written by René Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo. ... Cover of Asterix and the Cauldron Asterix and the Cauldron is the thirteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix in Spain is the fourteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Roman Agent is the fifteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix in Switzerland is the sixteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... The Mansions of the Gods is the seventeenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Laurel Wreath is the eighteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Soothsayer is the nineteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix in Corsica is the twentieth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and Caesars Gift is the twenty-first volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Great Crossing is the twenty-second volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Obelix and Co. ... Asterix in Belgium is the twenty-fourth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Great Divide is the twenty-fifth volume of the Asterix series. ... Asterix and the Black Gold (original name: LOdyssée dAstérix) is the twenty-sixth Asterix comic book, originally published in 1981. ... Asterix and Son is the twenty-seventh volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Cover of Asterix and the Magic Carpet Asterix and the Magic Carpet is the twenty-eighth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Secret Weapon is the twenty-ninth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... An astrix booh in which our heroes go out to sea. ... Asterix and the Actress is the thirty-first volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Class Act is the thirty-second volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Falling Sky is the thirty-third volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ...


Asterix Versus Caesar | The Twelve Tasks of Asterix Asterix Versus Caesar (Astérix et la surprise de César, 1985) is the first of the 1980s Asterix films, based on the comic books by the same name, and is often considered as one of the best Asterix-films by fans of the comics and the movies. ... The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (Les Douze travaux dAstérix) is an animated featured film released in 1976 starring Asterix, the Gaul. ...


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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Olympic Games (4939 words)
The Olympics were of fundamental religious importance, contests alternating with sacrifices and ceremonies honouring both Zeus (whose colossal statue stood at Olympia), and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia famous for his legendary chariot race, in whose honour the games were held.
In 1956 the Games were boycotted by the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland, because of the withdrawal of the Hungarian Uprising by the Warsaw Pact - furthermore the Melbourne Games were boycotted by Cambodia, Egypt, Iraq and the Lebanon, because of the Suez Crisis.
Olympic Information Center by the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles – Includes a primer on the Olympic Games, and many historical documents on the Olympic Games are presented in digital form.
Asterix NZ - Take a look Inside - "Asterix at the Olympic Games" (447 words)
Asterix at the Olympic Games deals with the subject of drug taking in such competitions - a problem that is of course still very relevant to readers today.
A live action movie Asterix at the Olympic Games, is currently in production and will be released in 2008.
It is on his soldiers that the Roman hope for a Gold Palm at the Olympic Games lie.
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