The Olympics are always a historic event, whether due to the incredible displays of athleticism or the sociopolitical and cultural conditions surrounding the games and pageantry. From the triumphs ...

Footraces—depicted on this vase by artist Euphiletos Painter—were among the earliest known events in the ancient Greek Olympics. But they likely weren't quite as long as the modern marathon ...

What perfect timing! There is no better way to honor the great Olympic games than by spending some time with the game’s founding fathers: the ancient Greeks. Aside from the Olympics, the ancient ...

The Olympic Games weren’t exactly one of a kind. An artistic depiction of ancient Olympia Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Olympia wasn’t the only ancient Greek city to host an organized ...

The Ancient Greek Olympics by Richard Woff (British Museum Press, 1999) Athletries. The Untold Story of Greek Women Athletes by A Reese and I Vallera-Rickerson (Night Owl Publications, 2002) ...