SITE SEARCH Home > The Olympic Movement > Ancient History 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 Gre ...

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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 Un ...

Home | Subsccribe | News | Shop | TV | Events | Links | Contact | Free Info | Advertise | Search A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America The Ancient Olympics Volume 49 Number 4, July/August 1996 Note: The full text of each of these articles is now included in our exclusive online guide to the ancient Olympics. Winning at Olympia by Donald G. Kyle New studies challenge traditional notions about Greek Athletes and why they competed. Many of those watchin ...