Long before the famous statue existed, the first Olympic Games, part of a festival honoring Zeus, were held in the Greek city-state of Elis in 776 B.C. In ancient Greece, Zeus was the supreme ...

Back then, they didn’t hold the Olympic flag while reciting the words. Instead, their hands were full of animal flesh, sacrificed before a terrifying statue of Zeus wielding thunderbolts.

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

The ancient Olympic games, beginning in 776 BCE and ... to back up the ancient games’ religious undertones. The statue of Zeus in Olympia was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Roman general Aemilius Paulus records that when he saw the statue he ... people believed that Zeus presided over the Olympic games, which took place every four years (as it does today too ...

Today's Olympic Games are based on what took place ... a few millennia), the money exacted was used to make a cult statue of Zeus. A grand sacrifice of 100 oxen was made to Zeus during the Games ...

According to Olympic rules, athletes are required to ... There were proclaimed winners of their categories before the imposing statue of Zeus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

the Statue of Zeus. It's a place where history breathes, and every stone tells a story. Picture yourself standing where the original Olympic Games took place, a venue that has inspired countless ...

The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago ... Inside stood a giant statue of Zeus made from gold and ivory. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World! Olympia was not only a centre ...

Before the ancient Olympic Games would begin, the athletes first gathered in the Bouleuterion in Olympia to vow before a statue of Zeus the play by the rules. Their fathers and trainers also swore ...

According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC ... The gold and ivory Statue of Zeus that sat upon his throne in the high temple was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient ...