It has been a symbol of the Olympic Games since 1914 ... alongside newer nations like Brazil and Australia, as well as ...
The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept ...
John A. Martino and Michael P. O'Kane's historical novel 'Olympia and the Birth of the Olympic Games' takes readers to the ...
The olive leaf crown — an enduring symbol of the Games — also ... friends among the ancient stadium ruins. "For the ancient Greeks, the Olympics were about the elevation of the human to ...