This ceremony, first held in 1936, harkens back to the Olympic Games’ ancient predecessor ... of the Heraean Games competed for a variety of prizes, including olive crowns, meat from animal ...

Other cities in Greece held games but the ancient Olympics were the most famous and ... It was up to the judges to award the prize to the winner based on a series of well-executed movements ...

Nearly 2,800 years ago, ancient Greek Olympic champions were ... Morning Edition spoke with historians to trace the history of Olympic prizes. The first Olympics - the Panhellenic Games - were ...

ancient Greek Olympic champions were crowned with wreaths. Then, in the early modern games starting in 1896, champions went home with clocks, cups, trophies and even paintings. Morning Edition spoke ...