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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 years. [17]
In 86 BC the Roman general Sulla robbed Olympia and other Greek treasuries to finance a war. He was the only Roman to commit violence against Olympia. [42] Sulla hosted the games in 80 BC (the 175th Olympiad) as a celebration of his victories over Mithridates. Supposedly the only contest held was the stadion race because all the athletes had ...
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.
Olympia was in Elian land, and tradition dates the first recorded games to 776 BC. The Hellanodikai, the judges of the Games, were of Elian origin. [citation needed] The attempts which the Pisatans made to recover their lost privilege, during a period of nearly two hundred years, ended at length in the total destruction of their city by the Eleans.
List of cities that hosted multiple editions of the Olympic Games Total City Country Region Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 3 London United Kingdom Europe 3 (1908, 1948, 2012)
The Stadium at Olympia (also called the Olympia Stadium or the Olympia Stadion) is an ancient stadium at the archaeological site of Olympia, Greece, is located to the east of the sanctuary of Zeus. It was the location of many of the sporting events at the Ancient Olympic Games .
Near the Old Olympia Brewery in Tumwater, detectives recovered a 9 mm Ruger handgun and a .45-caliber Sig Sauer pistol — the same caliber as the bullets found in McCaw’s body — as well as ...
Cleinias of Crete describes the origin of the tradition of Cretan gymnasia and common meals in Book I of Plato's Laws, and ascribes them to the mythological lawgiver Rhadamanthus. The original iterations of gymnasia were large open areas at city outskirts, not enclosed structures. [8]