The Ancient Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions held between the city-states of Ancient Greece. They used to be called the Olympic Games (Greek: Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες; Olympiakoi Agones) until the modern day Olympic Games started. The Ancient Olympic Games began in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. They ran until 393 AD.[1] Prizes at the games were olive wreaths, palm branches and woollen ribbons.
Famous athletes [change]
The Bases of Zanes were paid for by fines taken from people who cheated at the Games
Here are athletes that competed at the Games:
- from Athens:
- from Sparta:
- from Rhodes:
- from Croton:
- from other cities:
- non-Greek:
- Tiberius (steerer of a four-horse chariot)[2]
- Nero (steerer of a ten-horse chariot)
- Varastades, Prince and future King of Armenia, (last known Ancient Olympic victor (boxing) during the 291st Olympic Games in the fourth century.[3]
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References [change]
- ↑ "Ancient Olympic Games". Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2006. Microsoft Corporation. 1997-20-06. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761576089/Ancient_Olympic_Games.html. Retrieved 2006-12-27.
- ↑ Tiberius, AD 1 or earlier - cf. Ehrenberg & Jones, Documents Illustrating the Reigns of Augustus and Tiberius [Oxford 1955] p. 73 (n.78)
- ↑ 369 according to Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece by Nigel Wilson, 2006, Routledge (UK) or 385 according to Classical Weekly by Classical Association of the Atlantic States
Other websites [change]
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Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018
Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games
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