Curious Ancient Olympia, Greece and the Origin of the Olympics

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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Legend has it that Heracles (the Roman Hercules), son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene, founded the Games, which by the end of the 6th ...

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Zeus, King of the Greek Gods, was said to have taken up residence in Olympia around 1200BC when the Eleans conquered the surrounding area. The fearsome deity ...

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It was part of a religious festival that honored Zeus, and the name Olympics was derived from Mount Olympus, home of the Greek gods.

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Baron Pierre de Coubertin was the founder of the modern Olympic Games. Inspired by the ancient Olympic Games held in Olympia, Greece, which ended in 393 AD.

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In fact, the Olympics were created in honor of ancient Greece's most famous god: Zeus, king of the gods.

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The ancient games were also a religious festival, held in honour of Zeus, the king of the gods. There were no gold, silver and bronze medals.

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The ancient Olympic Games were as much a religious festival as an athletic event. Oxen were sacrificed to Zeus during the games, and in the mid-5th century BC, ...

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The first Olympiad was in 776 BCE, held every four years, only free male Greeks participated, and the games were banned in 393 CE.

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The Olympics were created in honor of ancient Greece's most famous god: Zeus, king of the gods. Athletes prayed to Zeus for victory and left gifts to thank him ...

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