Why did Greece go first? Because it is the birthplace of the Olympic Games and holds this honor at every Olympics. "It was at Amsterdam 1928 that the tradition of the Greek delegation marching ...

Greece leads the parade of nations at every edition of the Olympic Games, ... Anyone watching the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics saw Greece's athletes sail out onto the Seine River ...

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 23 points to help the Greece men's basketball team beat Croatia in a FIBA qualifying tournament ...

Portrayed at the Olympics by French singer and actor Philippe Katerine, Dionysus – known to the Romans as Bacchus – has a close tie to France: In Greek mythology, he is the father of Sequana ...

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads Greece men's basketball team to its first Olympic Games since ... Greece, securing the Greeks a spot in the Paris Games. Greece made the Olympics in 1952, 1996, 2004 ...

Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of the High Priestess, lights the torch during the lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in ...

Performers take part in the final dress rehearsal of the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris Olympics, at the Ancient Olympia site, Greece, Monday, April 15, 2024.

Should Giannis lead Greece to the Olympic Games, it would be part of Group A – one of the strongest groups in the Games. Greece would open against gold medal contender Canada on July 27.

Art History What to Know About the Greek Discobolus, a Hallmark of the Ancient Olympics. Marking the return of the Summer Olympic Games, we took a closer look at one of the oldest and most iconic ...

First, remember that the Olympic Games purportedly began in 776 B.C. in Olympia in the Northwest Valley of the Peloponnesus, a plumb line drop from Olympus, the presumed abode of Zeus, ruler of ...

Greece leads the parade of nations at every edition of the Olympic Games, but do you know the history behind the tradition? Search query. Search. News. Finance.

The flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics has been kindled at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies frustrated efforts to produce the flame in the customary fashion ...