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Olympia (Modern Greek: Ολυμπία [oli(m)ˈbi.a]; Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπία [olympí.aː]), officially Archaia Olympia (Greek: Αρχαία Ολυμπία lit. ' Ancient Olympia ' ), is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece , famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name.
The origin of the Olympics; Olympia and Macedonia: Games, Gymnasia and Politics. Thomas F. Scanlon, professor of Classics, University of California; List of Macedonian Olympic winners (in Greek) Webquest The ancient and modern Olympic Games; Goddess Nike and the Olympic Games: Excellence, Glory and Strife
The Zappeion officially opened on October 20, 1888. As in 1875, Fokianos took charge of the sporting events (but did so independently of the earlier Olympic Committee), which were postponed up till April 30, 1889. These Games were not co-ordinated by the Olympic Committee that organised the 1859, 1870, and 1875 Zappas Games, but by Fokianos alone.
The Olympic torch relay is the ceremonial relaying of the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, to the site of an Olympic Games. It was introduced at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as a way for Adolf Hitler to highlight the Nazi claim of Aryan connections of Germany to Greece. [1] It has taken place prior to every Games since.
West Germany: Europe XX: 26 August 1972: 11 September 1972: Innsbruck [g] Austria: 1976 XII: 4 February 1976: 15 February 1976: Montreal Canada: North America XXI: 17 July 1976: 1 August 1976: Lake Placid United States: 1980 XIII: 13 February 1980: 24 February 1980: Moscow Soviet Union [h] Europe XXII: 19 July 1980: 3 August 1980: Sarajevo ...
The origin of the Olympics is shrouded in mystery and legend; [15]: p. 12 one of the most popular myths identifies Heracles and his father Zeus as the progenitors of the Games. [ 15 ] : pp. 12–13 [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] According to legend, it was Heracles who first called the Games "Olympic" and established the custom of holding them every four ...
Restored ruins of the temple Olympia site map: #4 Temple of Hera is in dark purple (top center). The long ancient Olympic stadium is at far right. Olympic flame. The Temple of Hera, or Heraion, is an ancient Archaic Greek temple at Olympia, Greece, that was dedicated to Hera, queen of the Greek gods [1]: 195–197 .
Olympia, an 1863 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet; Olympia, a 1948 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte; Olympia (comics), a fictional city in Marvel Comics; Olympia, a mechanical doll in E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story "Der Sandmann", and in the opera The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach