here's what you need to know about the ancient Olympics. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Images via Wikimedia Commons / Full illustration credit at the bottom of article In 776 B.C.E., spectators ...

Other cities in Greece held games but the ancient Olympics were the most famous and prestigious. Nestled in a verdant valley nourished by the Alpheios and Kladeos rivers and encircled by rolling ...

Did the ancient Macedonians participate in the Olympic Games in which only the Greeks were allowed to compete?

Here’s a history lesson on the modern Games and their ancient origins. An exact date is unknown, but the International Olympic Committee cites 776 BC as the first recorded Olympic Games.

Speeches ensue. On Tuesday, the flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece in a meticulously choreographed ceremony.

Coroebus was victorious in the year 776 BC, but this was probably not the year of the first Olympic games. A few ancient writers, such as the historian Aristodemus of Elis (who lived in the 2nd ...