Nestled in a valley bordered by the Alpheus and Kladeus rivers, the ancient sanctuary of Olympia hosted the earliest, and most prestigious, Greek athletic-religious festival. Starting in 776 B.C. as a simple foot race dedicated to Zeus, the quadrennial Olympic games expanded into a five-day festival -- during which 100 bulls were sacrificed to Zeus, and athletic events were contested -- that attracted tens of thousands of people to Olympia from all over the Greek-speaking world. Photo: From Ancient Greece.
1 posted on
02/10/2018 10:22:11 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
No bloodsports featuring sharks with lasers, I can assure you.
4 posted on
02/10/2018 10:26:10 AM PST by
a fool in paradise
(Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
To: SunkenCiv
What were the stadium skyboxes like?
5 posted on
02/10/2018 10:27:11 AM PST by
a fool in paradise
(Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
To: SunkenCiv
And...it’s probably in better shape than many of the abandoned “Olympic Villages” around the world.
6 posted on
02/10/2018 10:31:30 AM PST by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: SunkenCiv
8 posted on
02/10/2018 10:37:51 AM PST by
Monkey Face
(It's probably my age that tricks people into thinking I'm an adult. ~~ FB ~~)
To: SunkenCiv
They did have something like MMA, pankration
9 posted on
02/10/2018 10:51:50 AM PST by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
To: SunkenCiv
Herod the Great saved the Olympics in 12BC and was named “President for Life” of the Olympic Games. Wonder if that honorable designation still stands?
10 posted on
02/10/2018 11:03:32 AM PST by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: SunkenCiv
The athletes were a hell of a lot less liberal, I bet.
11 posted on
02/10/2018 11:14:44 AM PST by
Crucial
To: SunkenCiv
Did they have special sports where chicks competed against only other chicks?
12 posted on
02/10/2018 11:15:33 AM PST by
Sgt_Schultze
(When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
To: SunkenCiv
Yeah, but how diverse were they? How many people of color or womyn or LGTLPQZFGUNO participated?
13 posted on
02/10/2018 11:30:38 AM PST by
TopDog2
(Onward Christian soldiers)
To: SunkenCiv
14 posted on
02/10/2018 11:34:14 AM PST by
sneakers
(It's not the democraTIC party! It's the demoCRAT party!)
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