Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... training the horses for the equestrian events. The first woman to win an event - as a trainer that ...

The Temple of Hera, home to the predecessor of the Olympic Games, is one of the oldest religious sanctuaries in Greece.

Greece made the Olympics in 1952 ... Since 1928 Greece has been the first country in the procession of nations to open the Games, an honorific to its ancient history with the competition.

Written by Associate Professor David PritchardThe Olympic Games immediately spring to mind when people think about sport in ...

Olympia was a mecca of ancient Greek religion—its greatest sanctuary ... lining up on that original starting block from the first Olympic Games in 776 B.C. A few hours away is the Mani Peninsula ...

Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium. In 800BC ... The Greeks started trading more with the outside world, held the first Olympic Games and they fought off the invading Persian army.