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King Oenomaus, Hippodamia, and Olympian gods. Possibly refers to the establishment of the Olympic Games in honour of Oinomaos; According to Pindar’s Olympian 1, the origin of the Ancient Olympic Games can be traced to Pelops, son of Tantalus. Pelops seeks to win the hand of Hippodameia in marriage.
Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods is a 1991 strategy video game in the Populous series for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS-based computers, developed by Bullfrog Productions. Populous II is a direct sequel to Bullfrog's earlier game Populous and is one of the company's most notable games.
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Although Hades was a major deity in the Greek pantheon and was the brother of Zeus and the other first generation of Olympians, his realm was far away from Olympus in the underworld, and thus he was not usually considered to be one of the Olympians. [4] Olympic gods can be contrasted to chthonic gods [5] including Hades and his wife Persephone ...
The other Panhellenic Games were the Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games, though the Olympic Games, being the oldest among the rest, were considered the most prestigious. [37] The Olympic games were held to be one of the two central rituals in ancient Greece, the other being the much older religious festival, the Eleusinian Mysteries. [38]
Zeus: Master of Olympus is a single-player strategy game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Studios. [2] It is considered to be an additional installment in the City Building series of games. [3] Like previous titles in the series, Zeus focuses on the building and development of a city in ancient times.
The first two games were similar. In Populous and Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods, much emphasis was spent on flattening the terrain. The view of the game-world was isometric. Populous: The Beginning was more like a conventional war-game than a god-game and uses true 3D instead of isometric 3D.
See Lists of video games for related lists.. This is a comprehensive index of god games, sorted chronologically.Information regarding date of release, developer, platform, setting and notability is provided when available.