The first Olympic ... 5th century B.C., the bronze statue was made famous by later Roman copies, like this one from the National Roman Musuem in Rome. “The most important thing in the Olympic ...

Coroebus was victorious in the year 776 BC, but this was probably not the year of the first Olympic games. A few ancient ... who lived in the 5th century BC and won victory in the pentathlon ...

The Temple of Hera, home to the predecessor of the Olympic Games, is one of the oldest religious sanctuaries in Greece.

Nudity is an art form invented by the Greeks in the 5th century BC, just as opera was invented in Italy ... the point where its winner was considered the overall victor of the Olympic Games (which at ...

Today's Olympic ... Olympia. A victorious athlete brought great honour to his home city. The sixth-century Athenian statesman Solon promoted athletics by rewarding Athenian victors at the Games ...

Many aspects of the ancient Olympic Games ... of Zeus at Olympia. The king of the Greek gods was also honored by lavish sacrifices of oxen and dedicatory statues. By the second century A.D ...

Here's what to know on the history of the Olympic orch, the Olympic flame and more heading into 2024 Paris Olympics: ...

This is the stadium at Olympia. It was built during the 4th century BC and it was the largest of its kind at the time. It could seat 50,000 spectators! The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA (Greece), September 29 (Itar-Tass) -The ceremony of lighting the flame of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi started ... also before the VIII century BC, but the traditional ...