Ancient Greece is traditionally remembered for its philosophy, mythology, and great buildings—but there's a lesser-known side that hardly finds its way into textbooks. Under the neat image is a world ...

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Women Weren't Allowed to Attend Ancient Olympics? The original Olympic Games in ancient Greece took place in Olympia.

Nine Things You Didn’t Know About the Ancient Olympic Games With an intensive athletes’ boot camp and the threat of execution for unwelcome spectators, the Greek sporting event was a serious ...

From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...

For example, ancient athletes would swear an oath before competing to follow the rules and compete with honour and respect. It's a tradition that persists at the modern Olympic Games.

The ancient Olympic Games, which began in the 8th century B.C., laid the foundation for the modern Olympic movement, which is a source of national pride for the Greeks and which includes the lighti… ...

With roots in Ancient Greece, the modern Olympics are held every four years, but there are both the Olympic Games, which take place in the summer, and the Winter Olympic Games.

Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece.