The Ancient Olympics
Members of the Perseus Project created this exhibit on the ancient Olympics in 1996, as a tribute to the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
Ancient Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: t? ???p?a - ta Olympia; Modern Greek: ???p?a??? ????e? (Katharevousa), ???p?a??? ????e? - ...
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Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Olympic Games are a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions.
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Ancient Sports
The ancient Olympics were rather different from the modern Games. There were fewer events, and only free men who spoke Greek could compete, instead of athletes from any country.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/sports.html
Ancient Olympic Games - 101 on the Ancient Olympic Games
Profile of the ancient Olympic games. The Olympic games were religious events honoring Zeus at Olympia, which, over time, became more strictly athletic competitions.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/olympics/p/olympicgames.htm
Ancient Olympic Games - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...
The Ancient Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions held between the city-states of Ancient Greece. They used to be called the Olympic Games (Greek ...
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Ancient Olympic Games
The Olympic games were the greatest event in ancient Greece. History records that they were held continuously for 1200 years, from 778 BC until the 4th century AD. In 776 BC the ...
http://www.hikenow.net/Ancient-Olympic-Games.html
Olympic Games - Olympics
The Olympic games in ancient Greece. Resources on the ancient olympics.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/olympics/Olympics_The_Ancient_Olympic_Games.htm
Olympic Games - Olympic.org
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http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/
The Olympic Games in Antiquity
The Ancient Olympic Games Austin: University of Texas Press, 2nd ed, 2002. Woff, Richard. The Ancient Greek Olympics London: British Museum Press, 1999.
http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_658.pdf
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