DIDON

LA DIX-NEUVIEME CARAVANE DES DOMINICAINS D’ARCEUIL

(Henri DIDON)

Paris, J. Mersch, 1894

Numerous black and white illustrations. Table: from Paris to Constantinople – Constantinople – from Constantinople to Mount Athos – Mount Athos – through the archipelago – Athens – cyclopean constructions – Sparta and Taygetos – Olympia – Delphi, back to France. Henri Dido, famous for his school trips, was also linked to Pierre de Coubertin, and invented the motto “Citius, Altius, Fortius”.