Ancient Olympic Games 101
Allowing 27 years for a generation, as Dionysius generally does, it is a question of 432 years as he later states (I, 71,5) and according to his reckoning (loc. The races for mule-carts, and the trotting-race, were instituted respectively at the seventieth Festival and the seventy-first, but were both abolished by proclamation at the eighty-fourth
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The Olympic Motto: The Olympic motto is, "Citius, Altius, Fortius," which means "Swifter, Higher, Stronger." Olympic Events: The events in the Winter Olympics include: ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton (a type of sledding), curling, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, slalom, downhill (Alpine) skiing, freestyle skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined (skiing plus ski jumping), and biathlon (skiing and shooting). The Torches of the Olympics: For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun
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By the 3rd century A.D., lists of the winners of the games became less certain, and the physical infrastructure of the area around Olympia, where the games were held, began to fall apart due to war, earthquakes and floods
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The temple of Hera in Olympia, Elis, Greece We don't know when men first began celebrating the Olympic Games, but they were certainly already doing it in the time of Homer, by 776 BC. No matter who you had a war with, you had to stop the war and let their athletes and performers go through your city-state safely to get to the Olympic Games
His original thought was to unveil the modern Games in 1900 in his native Paris, but delegates from 34 countries were so enthralled with the concept that they convinced him to move the Games up to 1896 and have Athens serve as the first host. The marathon is a modern event that was first introduced in the Modern Olympic Games of 1896 in Athens, a race from Marathon northeast of Athens to the Olympic Stadium, a distance of 40 kilometers
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Ancient and Modern Olympic Sports A Tour of Ancient Olympia The Context of the Games and the Olympic Spirit Athletes' Stories Frequently Asked Questions About the Ancient Olympics Offical website of the Olympic Movement Further Reading This exhibit is a subset of materials from the Perseus database and is copyrighted. In this exhibit, you can compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the site of Olympia as it looks today, learn about the context of the Games and the Olympic spirit, or read about the Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times
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Once the Olympics began, the Olympic competition was held once every four years for the next 1000 years! The games were held in honor of the mighty god, Zeus, king of all the gods
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citizen In Athens a citizen was a person with the right to take part in the assembly, serve on juries and take a turn as a member of the ruling council. Back to top Activities Quiz: The Greek World (Needs JavaScript) Mytilene - A matter of life and death! (Needs JavaScript) The Olympics - Visit the ancient games! (Needs JavaScript) The Greek Theatre - 2,350 years ago! (Needs JavaScript) Fun activities - The Greek world Photos Fun Facts Only rich people in Greece went to war in armour and riding horses
The reverse side had the Acropolis site with the caption in Greek "International Olympic Games in Athens in 1896."More info Poster No official poster was made for the 1896 Olympic Games, but the cover page of the official report is often used to refer to the Games of the I Olympiad. Those in second place were given a copper medal, a branch of laurel and a diploma.The obverse side of the medal has Zeus' face along with his hand holding a globe with the winged victory on it, with the caption in Greek "Olympia"
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The fighters wore leather gloves and a boxer was allowed to go on hitting his opponent even after he'd knocked him to the ground! However, cheating was punished. He won." One mother was so keen to see her son compete that she broke the no-women rule, and got in disguised as a man! The running track was 183 m (200 yards) long
One tale says King Oinomaos of Pisa would only allow a man who could beat him in a chariot race marry his daughter Hippodamia, but if the challenger lost, he would be beheaded. During the first Olympic Games, the only event was the stadion foot race, which mythology states was measured by Hercules and was approximately 190 meters long
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