According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC ... hero Pelops (from which the name of the Peloponnese region of Greece originates) establish the festival after defeating King ...

When was Ancient Greece? How did ancient Greece begin? The first Olympic games and new discoveries How was Greece ruled? Activities About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... training the horses for the equestrian events. The first woman to win an event - as a trainer that ...

The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple ...

Evangelos Zappas was born in 1800 in Lambovo, Epirus, in a time of turbulence and change. He was a child of a Greece that was ...

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Ancient Greeks seem to have invented everything we use today: theater, Olympic games, philosophy ... Bright Side The post 20+ ...

The charming village of Olympia in mainland Greece is the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games and is often overlooked by ...