41. Ancient Olympics @ University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology & Anthropolo Multimedia article. http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/research/Exp_Rese_Disc/Mediterranean/Olympics/ol

document.location="http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/olympics/olympicintro.shtml" when were the first Games were the athletes amateurs or pros ... sources/credits Olympic Links The Official Website of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games The Official Website of the Olympic Movement Ancient Olympics Virtual Museum OurWebExhibit ... Our Web Exhibits want more? w ere the ancient games better than ours? More fair and square? More about sports and less about money? Are modern games more sexist? More political? Have we strayed from the ancient Olympic ideal? During this Olympic season, you may hear from announcers, critics, commentators and even athletes that the Olympic games are too commercial, too political, too "professional." Or that the judging is too nationalistic. It's easy to assume that the ancient Olympic Games were different, that ancient Greek athletes were pure in mind and body, that they trained and competed for no other reason than the love of physical exercise, fair competition and to honor their gods. But is this really true?

42. CNN.com - Even Ancient Greece Knew Traffic Jams, Ticket Scams - September 16, 20 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/australasia/09/16/olympics.thatoldflame.ap/index

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43. ANCIENT OLYMPICS TO REVIVAL OF OLYMPICS,Olympics 776 BC To 1896 AD, History Of O Story of the ancient olympics to the revival of Olympic in 1896. http://www.mapsofworld.com/olympic-trivia/ancient-olympics.html

Maps of World ANCIENT OLYMPICS TO REVIVAL OF OLYMPICS Olympics from 776 B.C. to 1896 A.D. Starting in about 776 B.C., the ancient Olympic Games were held every four years in the valley of Olympia in southwestern Greece. A flame was lit at the altar of Zeus to mark the opening of the Games, which was extinguished on the completion of the Games. According to the Olympic historical records kept by Hippias of Elis, the first foot race for the athletes was held at Olympia in Western Peloponnese for the first time in 776 B.C. in honour of their Greek God Zeus. Coroebus, a cook from Elis, won the sprint race called the 'stade' (a distance of 210 yards). The victor was crowned with a wreath of wild olive (in Greek called kotinos) and was granted special honours in their home city. As the games were held in Olympia, it came to be known as the Olympic Games. From the sole stade race the Olympic Games progressed to include events such as wrestling, boxing, pankration, equestrian events and pentathlon (jumping, running, javelin, discuss and wrestling) as evident from the Olympic history.. The last recorded champion was Varasdates, who won the boxing competition in 369 A.D. After that Emperor Theodosius abolished the Games as he considered them pagan. After being held for around 1100 years, the Olympic Games would be dormant for the next 1525 years. In order that the athletic events, which were popular in various countries and to transform the notion of rivalry into noble competition, free from profit, it was decided to make:

44. Australian Sports Commission - Page Not Found Article on the ancient olympics. http://www.ausport.gov.au/info/factsheets/anc.html

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45. The Greek City-states And The Religious Festival A brief examination of the religious dimension of the ancient Olympic games, from the Perseus Project. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/rel.html

The Greek city-states and the religious festival One difference between the ancient and modern Olympic Games is that the ancient games were played within the context of a religious festival. The Games were held in honor of Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, and a sacrifice of 100 oxen was made to the god on the middle day of the festival. Athletes prayed to the gods for victory, and made gifts of animals, produce, or small cakes, in thanks for their successes. According to legend, the altar of Zeus stood on a spot struck by a thunderbolt, which had been hurled by the god from his throne high atop Mount Olympus, where the gods assembled. Some coins from Elis had a thunderbolt design on the reverse, in honor of this legend. Dewing 1860, silver stater, minted at Elis Reverse: Thunderbolt Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Dewing Numismatic Foundation Over time, the Games flourished, and Olympia became a central site for the worship of Zeus. Individuals and communities donated buildings, statues, altars and other dedications to the god. The most spectacular sight at Olympia was the gold and ivory cult statue of Zeus enthroned, which was made by the sculptor Pheidias and placed inside the temple. The statue was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and stood over 42 feet high. A spiral staircase took visitors to an upper floor of the temple, for a better view of the statue. Olympia,Temple of Zeus

46. Spike2000.com Sports Page - Olympics - Ancient Olympics The ancient olympics In this exhibit, you can compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the site of Olympia as it looks today, learn about the http://www.spike2000.com/sportspage/olympics/ancient/

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47. Ancient Greece, Unplugged! Oak View Elementary Join Mr Smith's 6thgraders as they explore ancient Greek architecture, Mythology, Culture, Theatre, Letters, olympics, Peloponnesian Wars. http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/OakViewES/smith/95-96/greece/

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48. Ancient Greek Olympics In The Classroom! In ancient Greece, the olympics were held in honor of Zeus. Today, our olympics will be held in honor of the ancient Greeks. http://members.aol.com/MrDonnUnits/GreekOlympics.html

49. The Ancient Olympics Includes a comparison of ancient and modern olympics, essays about the history of the olympics, and stories of ancient Olympic athletes. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/

Members of the Perseus Project created this exhibit on the ancient Olympics in 1996, as a tribute to the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia. In this exhibit, you can compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the site of Olympia as it looks today, learn about the context of the Games and the Olympic spirit, or read about the Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times. The Perseus Digital Library Project is centered in the Classics Department at Tufts University. Ancient and Modern Olympic Sports A Tour of Ancient Olympia The Context of the Games and the Olympic Spirit Athletes' Stories ... Classics Department 124 Eaton Hall, Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 U.S.A. Credits Please send us your comments. Last modified 13 August, 2004.

50. Olympics Frame Links and information on ancient Greece olympics. http://www.ancientgreece.com/html/olympics_frame.htm

51. Ancient Olympics Links and information on ancient Greece olympics. The ancient olympics seem to have begun in the early 700 BC, in honour of Zeus. http://www.ancientgreece.com/olympics/olympics.htm

The Greeks invented athleti contests and held them in honour of their gods. The Isthmos game were stagedevery two years at the Isthmos of Corinth. The Pythian games took place every four years near Delphi. But the most famous games were those at Olympia, a town in south- western Greece. These took place every four years. The ancient Olympics seem to have begun in the early 700 BC, in honour of Zeus. No women were allowed to watch the games. Pottery dating from around 550 BC shows men taking part in the games naked or wearing only a thong. Olympics Through Time the history of the Olympic Games from the time when athletic contests were held during religious ceremonies until the First International Olympic Games in 1896 Ancient Olympics Ancient Olympics FAQs and online Q/A surveys A tour of Ancient Olympia The Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum information about these contests that are the forefathers of our modern Olympic Games What is the History and Meaning of the Olympic Games an essay, by Michael Simos Collection for the Olympic Games OLYMPIA Project The Spirit of Ancient Olympics The Ancient Greek World - Religious Games

52. Athens Olympics :: Ancient Olympians Followed "Atkins" Diet, Scholar Says The Athens Olympic Games Blog is a Site dedicated to the latest Olympic News and Information. http://www.livingroom.org.au/olympics/archives/ancient_olympians_followed_atkins

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53. Ancient Olympia: The Original Field Of Dreams Celebrate the glory of the olympics, ancient and modern, in this gallery br of images of the original field of dreams. Join correspondent Ford br Cochran on http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/02/0214_020214_olympia.html

Site Index Subscribe Shop Search Top 15 Most Popular Stories NEWS Front Page Environment Health Offbeat ... Video in the News SPECIAL SERIES The Genographic Project Pulse of the Planet National Geographic Channel RESOURCES (What's this?) Contact Us Front Page Ancient Olympia: The Original Field of Dreams M. Ford Cochran National Geographic News February 14, 2002 View Photo Gallery >> Every four years for more than a millennium, rival and often warring city-states put aside their differences and invoked a sacred truce. They sent their fastest, their strongest, their most skillful men and boys to compete for personal bragging rights and homeland pride. The names of the greatest Olympic athletes were known throughout Greece, their likenesses re-created in sculpture and on pottery for the ages. Then the games disappeared for more than 1,500 years. Now, celebrate the glory of the Olympics, ancient and new, in this gallery of images of the original field of dreams: View Photo Gallery >> Book now to see Olympia and Athens, site of the 2004 Summer Olympics, with National Geographic Expeditions. Click here.

54. Ancient Olympics Mixed Naked Sports, Pagan Partying Nude athletes, performanceenhancing lizard meat, and animal sacrifices are just a few of the things that separate the ancient olympics from the modern http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/08/0809_040809_nakedolympics.html

Site Index Subscribe Shop Search Top 15 Most Popular Stories NEWS Front Page Environment Health Offbeat ... Video in the News SPECIAL SERIES The Genographic Project Pulse of the Planet National Geographic Channel RESOURCES (What's this?) Contact Us Front Page Ancient Olympics Mixed Naked Sports, Pagan Partying Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News Updated August 13, 2004 This year the Olympic Games return to their birthplace in Greece. But much has changed since the first games were held there almost three millennia ago. National Geographic News spoke with Tony Perrottet, author of The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games, to hear what the first Olympics were really like. The Olympic Games were held every four years from 776 B.C. to A.D. 394, making them the longest-running recurring event in antiquity. What was the secret of the games' longevity? It was the sheer spectacle of it. Sports [were] one part of a grand, all-consuming extravaganza. It was first and foremost a religious event, held on the most sacred spot in the ancient world. It had this incredible aura of tradition and sanctity. Today's Olympics is a vast, secular event, but it doesn't have the religious element of the ancient Olympics, where sacrifices and rituals would take up as much time as the sports. And there were all these peripheral things that came with the festival: the artistic happenings, new writers, new painters, new sculptors. There were fire-eaters, palm readers, and prostitutes.

55. BBC - Schools - Ancient Greece Olympics The Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Thespis and Melinna, your Greek guides, are off to the Olympic Games. Follow them and find out just what went on http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/classics/olympics/intro.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index SATURDAY 24th September 2005 Text only BBC Homepage Web Links Schools Help ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! Thespis and Melinna, your Greek guides, are off to the Olympic Games. Follow them and find out just what went on there... On each page you'll be asked a question. Move your mouse around to explore what you see, and when you find the answer to each question click it! At the end you'll be asked a final question...so look out for anything unusual on the way. Click this button if you're ready to begin. You'll need the Macromedia Flash plugin to view this comic book. For help with downloading Macromedia Flash click here Click here if you want to read a text only version

56. BBC - Schools - Ancient Greece Olympia The Olympic Games in ancient Greece. How would you find it if you visited the ancient olympics? What things do you think would surprise you the most? http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/olympia/index.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index SATURDAY 24th September 2005 Text only BBC Homepage Web Links Schools Help ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! In this section you can find out about the original Olympic games that began over 2,700 years ago. Contents Olympia The Sacred Truce Athletic Events Spectators ... Other Greek Festivals How would you find it if you visited the ancient Olympics? What things do you think would surprise you the most? Perhaps it was the ancient Greek religion, or the prizes, or maybe even the events themselves?

57. Ancient History British Olympic Association Olympic Movement - ancient History. http://www.olympics.org.uk/olympicmovement/ancienthistory.asp

SITE SEARCH Home The Olympic Movement Modern History Olympic Issues Date The first recorded Ancient Olympic Games were in 776BC. They lasted for approximately 1000 years. Place The Games were held in Olympia, a village in a sacred valley, approximately 500km south west of Mount Olympus. Purpose The Ancient Olympic Games were held as a religious, sporting and cultural festival in honour of Zeus, the father of the gods. Philosophy The Ancient Greeks believed that both the body and mind needed discipline and that those who practised this discipline could best honour Zeus. The Ancient Olympic Games These Games were held every four years Only Greek citizens were allowed to compete. Ancient Greece was divided into independent states, often at war with each other. During the Games there was an official truce, called Ekecheiria.. This meant athletes could travel safely to and from the Games. Violation of this truce was punishable by death. The Marathon The modern marathon is one event which originated in these Ancient Games. Legend has it that Miltiades, a Greek General with an Athenian army, fought and won a battle against the Persians. He called for an Athenian runner and asked him to carry the victorious news back to Athens. The runner's journey was 24 miles but he entered the streets of Athens and shouted 'Rejoice! We conquer!' He then dropped dead. Although the accuracy of this tale is questionable, the first Modern Olympic Games in 1896, included the marathon to commemorate this legend.

58. Ancient Olympics Guide Catch up on the ancient olympics with Archaeology while the torch is carried around the world. http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/olympics/

Your browser does not support javascript ARCHAEOLOGY'S Ancient Olympics Guide April 6, 2004 With the lighting of the torch at Olympia on March 25, the final countdown to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens began. While the torch is carried around the world, the finishing touches are put on the competition venues in and around Athens, and the games begin, why not catch up on the ancient Olympics with Archaeology.org? Our Ancient Olympics Guide includes comprehensive coverage by leading scholars... Winning at Olympia New studies challenge traditional notions about ancient Greek athletes and why they competed. by Donald G. Kyle Games for Girls Women were prohibited from attending the Olympics, but girls participated in other athletic competitions. by Thomas F. Scanlon Stadia and Starting Gates Footraces were a mainstay of the games, but how did the Greeks start their races? by Hugh M. Lee Myths about the Olympic Games Many Olympic traditions, including the torch relay, are modern inventions. by David C. Young We link you to the ancient and modern games at Nemea, too...

59. Ancient Olympics Guide: Winning At Olympia New studies challenge traditional notions about Greek athletes and why they competed. http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/olympics/olympia.html

Your browser does not support javascript Winning at Olympia "Ancient Olympics Guide" April 6, 2004 by Donald G. Kyle You say, "I want to win at Olympia." ...If you do, you will have to obey instructions, eat according to regulations, keep away from desserts, exercise on a fixed schedule at definite hours, in both heat and cold; you must not drink cold water nor can you have a drink of wine whenever you want. You must hand yourself over to your coach exactly as you would to a doctor. Then in the contest itself you must gouge and be gouged, there will be times when you will sprain a wrist, turn your ankle, swallow mouthfuls of sand, and be flogged. And after all that there are times when you lose. Epictetus, Discourses 15.2-5, trans. W.E. Sweet This summer in Athens athletes, officials, spectators, promoters, and reporters will once again witness the spectacle of the modern Olympics. Many will assume that the modern games are a true reflection of the ancient ones, that the events and ceremonies and the ideology of universal brotherhood and amateurism recall the Olympics of Greece's golden age. They would be surprised to learn that the ancient contests were quite different from our own, and that Greek athletes were not amateurs. A generation ago the study of ancient sport focused on antiquarian concernshow Greeks threw the discus or how far they could jump. Glossing over the violent, erotic, and materialistic aspects of Greek sport, and downplaying abuses and opportunism, scholars simply accepted idealistic notions about who these athletes were and why they competed. Now, using a variety of evidence, we are demythologizing the ancient Olympics. Excavations at Olympia and at the sites of other games have led to a new understanding of athletic participation and the role of spectators in ancient sport. Archaeology and art history, especially epigraphy and the reexamination of vase paintings, have allowed us to test and revise ancient literary accounts of how athletes trained, worshiped, competed, won, and celebrated, and how they were motivated, rewarded, and honored.

60. The Ancient Olympics Introduce your students to the fascinating world of ancient Greece by studying the Olympic Games, then and now. http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/May04_olympics.htm

Scholastic Home About Us Site Map Search ... Product Information The Ancient Olympics By Hannah Trierweiler Olympic Resources Olympic Fun Facts Answers to the Reproducible Building Background Classroom Olympics Ancient Greece, such as http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html Olympic News Invite your students to imagine that it is 500 BC and they are citizens of Olympia. It is their responsibility to create a newspaper for those coming to the games! To begin, discuss the important sections of a newspaper, such as news, weather, and sports. Then challenge teams of students to cover one of these sections for your Olympic newspaper. News writers can report on special preparations, sports writers can interview star athletes, and style writers can cover what's hot at the celebration banquets. Encourage your newspaper staff to do research so that their stories are as accurate as possible. When finished, kids can compile the stories and print enough issues for all to read. Pentathlon Research With this activity, your students will research the exciting pentathlon and learn about one way the Olympics have changed throughout history. First, invite one half of your class to research the ancient pentathlon and the other half to study the modern version. Then encourage the groups to use the Internet to find out more about the participants and judging of each of the five events (try the excellent

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