Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... And this is the stadium where it all happens. Now these guys are just training so they’re allowed ...

Before my visit, I knew little about the ancient Olympic Games ... in ancient Greece remained a mystery. The birthplace of the Olympics, with its temples and stadium, had vanished.

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this archway.

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece : The International Olympic ... Outgoing President Thomas Bach, in his speech at the Olympic academy near the ancient stadium, made only a fleeting reference to Thursday's ...

"Greece is the birthplace of democracy, in ancient Athens democratic principles ... "Right next to the first-ever Olympic stadium holds an even deeper significance because we are also very close ...

Olympics-IOC Session Opens in Ancient Olympia as Presidential Election Looms ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters ... in his speech at the Olympic academy near the ancient stadium, made only ...