Asterix is and remains the ideal eyewitness - expert who knows excellently the sport in the ancient world and famously explains what has changed and what remains the same in these Games that initially united all the ancient Greeks among themselves and today build bridges between the five continents.
Sunnyva van der Vegt and Rene van Royen, apart from being Asterix fans, teach Classical Philology and Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam.