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A Laconian statuette found in Epirus and now in the British Museum, dating to c. 560 BC, depicts a girl in the costume associated with the Heraean Games; this possibly suggests that unlike other ancient Greek races for girls, the Heraean Games were Panhellenic as early as the sixth century BC. [12]
The statuette in British Museum [3] depicts a girl wearing a short chiton affixed to the left shoulder, leaving the right shoulder and breast bare. This is the type of athletic costume especially for participants in the Heraean Games, [4] the earliest recorded women's running competition held quadrennially in Olympic stadium. [5]
c. 430–420 BC Argive Heraean games [4] Archelaos Perdikas 408 BC Tethrippon in Olympic and Pythian Games; Philip II of Macedon (Thrice Olympic Winner), 356 BC Horse Race, 352 BC Tethrippon, 348 BC two-colt chariot, Synoris; 344 BC Tethrippon Panathenaics [5] Archon of Pella 334–332 BC Horse race Isthmian and Pythian Games
2134–2000 BCE – Illustrations on Egyptian temple walls from the Eleventh Dynasty showed women exercising and playing ball games. [1]6th century BCE – The Heraean Games were the first recorded women's athletic competition, held in the stadium at Olympia.
The Heraean Games were the women's equivalent of the Ancient Olympic Games and took place prior to the men's competitions. According to the historian E. Norman Gardinier: At the festival there were races for maidens of various ages. Their course was 500 feet, or one-sixth less than the men's stadium.
The Panathenaic Games (Ancient Greek: Παναθήναια) were held every four years in Athens in Ancient Greece from 566 BC [1] to the 3rd century AD. [2] These Games incorporated religious festival, ceremony (including prize-giving), athletic competitions, and cultural events hosted within a stadium .
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The Olympiad, the four year cycle starting with the Olympic Games, was one of the ways the Ancient Greeks measured time. [7] The Games took place over a four-year cycle that began with the Olympic Games in the first year. The Nemean Games were held in year two, the Pythian Games in year three, and the Isthmian Games in year four.