Ancient Greek athletes used a variety of training methods to prepare for the Olympic Games and other such contests.
The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, a holy site dedicated to Zeus. These early games, featuring fewer events and restricted to freeborn Greeks, emphasized ...
A view of the ancient ruins of the Stadium at Olympia with its centerpiece 210-yard track. Roger Wood/Corbis In the hills above Olympia, I awoke before dawn, feeling bleary-eyed from the Greek wine ...
MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. The Lighting the Flame ceremony for the 25th Winter Olympic Games will take place in Ancient Olympia on November 26. The 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Italy, ...