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 ...

In 1896, a curmudgeonly classics scholar covered the first modern Olympics ... In the late 19th century, the Olympics were still seen as a decidedly Greek event, though the Greeks’ sense of ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and ... a famous princess who competed in the Olympics. She was the first woman to win a race as a chariot ...

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 ...

Let's take a look at some big moments in the history of the Olympic Games. OLYMPIA, GREECE – The first ever Olympics were held in Greece on the plains of Olympia — that's where the name ...

"For the ancient Greeks, the Olympics were about the elevation of ... which culminated in the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. French aristocrat, educator and co-founder of the International ...