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The Historical and Cultural Significance of Olympia

Written by Titus, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Olympia was Greek a sanctuary site located in the western Peloponnese dedicated to one of the most important Greek deities, Zeus. The cultural significance of Olympia was far-reaching, being a place of great significance to the Greeks for generations and modern society today. Modern Olympic Games are the

Written on August 11, 2021 at 11:48 pm, by Programmer

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Categories: Sport

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Sport, Emperor Theodosius, Olympia, Olympics

The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?

A brief History of the event… Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too Imagine all the people Livin’ life in peace I was a little… surprised. Last friday, along with 17 other million viewers world wide who also tuned in, I watched the

Written on July 26, 2021 at 11:35 pm, by plato

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Categories: Dialectics

Tags: Elis, Koroibos, Mount Olympis, Olympics, Pankration, Sanctuary of Zeus

Do Sports have Value?

The problem with being a perennial expat is that annual events up north can really catch you off guard. Take Sunday, for instance… We were casually having a roast pork lunch which came out quite close to dinner, which resulted in a long ‘sobre mesa’ (the discussion that takes place after a meal)… And before

Written on February 9, 2021 at 12:53 pm, by Anya Leonard

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Categories: Dialectics

Tags: Ancient Sport, charioteer, Gilgamsh, gladiators, Lascaux caves, Odysseus, Olympia, Olympics, Panhellenic games, Phaeacians

All You NEED to Know About the Ancient Olympics

Written by Divya Gupta, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The first Olympic games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. Around 280 participants from 13 nations competed in 43 sporting games. Since 1994, the famous Game has been held separately as the Winter and Summer Olympics every two years. But did you know these modern games

Written on August 5, 2020 at 6:28 am, by Alex Barrientos

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Categories: Sport

Tags: Ancient Greek Education, Ancient Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek Olympics, Education, Emperor Theodosius, Greek Mythology, Mount Olympus, Olympic games, Olympics

Fitness Tips from Ancient Greece

Written by M. Reed Myers, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom If you are like most people, you probably wonder what life would be like if you had the body of a Greek god. You wonder what doors would open for you if you had the kind of physique that only a Praxiteles would be fit to

Written on January 3, 2020 at 11:00 am, by M. Reed Meyers

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Categories: Sport

Tags: Ancient Greek Olympics, boxing, discus, fitness, gymnasia, Olympics, Sparta, Spartan women, Spartans

5 Top Ancient Greek Olympians

By Ben Potter In a our world where are mainstream sporting heroes are millionaires, prima donnas, sex-offenders, and drug-cheats, the Olympics, can provide countries the world over with real sporting icons, icons worthy of that over- and misused term ‘role-model’. However, the glory that our gold-medallists enjoy nowadays pales into insignificance when compared to that

Written on February 19, 2014 at 11:16 pm, by Ben Potter

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Categories: Sport

Tags: Ancient greek, Ancient Greek Olympics, Astylos of Croton, Coroebus of Elis, Diagoras of Rhodes, Leonidas of Rhodes, Milo of Croton, Olympic winners, Olympics