Ancient Greeks came here only every four years, during the religious festival that featured the Olympic Games. The original Olympic Games were more than an athletic fest.

The Olympics, which took place every four years until at least 393 A.D., was the premier sporting, social and cultural gathering of the ancient Greeks. When did the modern Olympic Games start?

At the ancient-Greek Games, the longest race held, the dolichos, covered less ground than a Turkey Trot 5K. Long-distance running simply did not exist as a sport.

For ancient Greek athletes, the Olympic Games represented the most important opportunity to exhibit their physical prowess and power. The Olympics were highly competitive because of the status ...

Top-down aerial of the Stadium in Olympia, Greece, where ancient Greek Olympians partook in the ancient Greek Games. What were typical training methods for ancient Greek Olympians? Credit: dronepicr / ...

Max Miller of "Tasting History" created a recipe from Ancient Greece in honor of the games' early athletes. Many ate vegetarian diets at first.

Greece is no ‘Dream Team,’ but Giannis Antetokounmpo leads with pride The Bucks star has steered his unheralded national team to the quarterfinals in Paris.

It's a shame because a lot has happened since this art style peaked. So here are 16 ancient Greek vases, revised with AI to feature some events from the modern Olympics. 1.Breakdancing: ...

There are some obvious differences between the ancient Olympics and the modern Olympics. For starters, the Greeks banned women from attending the games, although Kyniska of Sparta defied that ...

In the late 19th century, the Olympics were still seen as a decidedly Greek event, though the Greeks’ sense of proprietorship would be challenged decades later, when the games took off as a ...