They were held at the Panhellenic religious sanctuary of Olympia, in honor of Zeus, and the Greeks gave them a mythological origin. The originating Olympic ...

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The ancient Olympic Games were a quadrennial athletic event in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BCE to about 393 CE, part of a religious festival ...

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The first ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to Olympia in 776 BC. Full passion and extraordinary feats of athletic endeavour, the Olympic Games were ...

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The site was a major Panhellenic religious sanctuary of ancient Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were held every four years throughout classical ...

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The Greeks loved sport and the Olympic Games were the biggest sporting event in the ancient calendar. · The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, ...

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The ancient games included the Olympic Games at Olympia, Panhellenic games at Delphi, Nemea, and Isthmia, and the Greater Panathenaia in Athens.

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The site of Olympia, in a valley in the Peloponnesus, has been inhabited since prehistoric times. In the 10th century BC, Olympia became a centre for the ...

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The first ever Olympic Games were held in 776 BCE at the site of Olympia (in the district of Elis, on the Peloponnesian peninsula).

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The Olympic Games were held from 776 B.C. to 393 A.D. every four years in Olympia. They formed an integral part of a way of life, a cultural experience. Their ...

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The first known Olympics were held in the summer of 776 BC at Olympia, a site in southern Greece where people went to worship their gods.

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