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The Ancient Olympics were named of or in reference to Olympos (also Olympia), a town or district in Elis in Ancient Greece, where athletic contests were held in honor of Olympian Zues in 776 B.C.C. and every four years thereafter. Not the same place as Mount Olympus, abode of the gods, which was in Thessaly.
The modern Olympic Games are a revival, begun in 1896.
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What was another name for the Olympic games in ancient Greece?
The Olympic games in ancient Greece were originally named after the location of the games which was Olympia. Because of this the games were originally called the Olympiads.
Who named the Olympic games the Olympic games?
The Ancient Greeks held the games at Olympus, Greece, thus giving the name 'The Olympic Games'. In 1894, Pierre de Coubertin wanted to continue the Olympics, and named these modern Olympics the 'Modern Olympic Games'.
What is the ancient Greek meaning of the word Olympics?
The word came from the mountain "mount Olympos" in Greece. Όλυμπος also Olympos. It is where they believed the God Zeus lived and the first olympic games were held there. The games were competitions held between athletes from the city-states of ancient Greece. The first competition took place in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC.
When and where will the next Olympus games take place?
I think you mean Olympic games (although they were invented in Ancient Greece so there is a good chance that they were named after Olympus).The next games are taking place in 2012 in London, England.
How was Olympia treated in ancient Greece?
The Greeks thought it was the place where the gods lived. The place where gods lived was called Olympia but the mountain Olympia was named because that is where every 4 years they would do the Ancient Olympic games in honour of the gods.
Why do they call the international games the Olympics?
It is named after the ancient "world" games, the olympics. That was named so because it was in honor of the gods who supposedly lived on Mount Olympia, in Greece.
Why was the Olympic games held in ancient Greece?
The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, because Greece 'invented' the Olympics in ancient times. The date was 1896. During WW2 they were suspended of course. They were scheduled for 1940 as they were in Berlin in 1936. Hitler got into the way for the never held 1940 Olympics. I have a comment on the modern day Olympics. In ancient Greece the idea was to credit the individual winners .. they were never intended to be a contest as to how many medals a country won. In ancient Greece the city states entered athletes but as example Sparta did not gather medals...
Why do they carry the olympic flame from mt Olympus to each modern olympic game?
The flame is not carried from mt Olympus but from the ancient sanctuary of Olympia in southeastern Greece, in the regional district of Elia (Ηλιεία in Greek), in Peloponnese. The first Olympic games ever (named after the region) took place there in 776 BC. The flame used to burn non stop during the Games back at the time, and it symbolised the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus. The Olympic torch relay from Greece to various cities around the world, has no ancient precedent whatsoever and it was introduced for the first time in the Olympic games of Berlin in 1936 (the Nazi Olympics) by Carl Diem, who imagined a symbolic pageant that would give the Nazi Germany a bit of the old glory of ancient Greece, by the transit of a lit flame from Greece to Berlin by a relay of torch-bearing runners. Although the transfer of the Greek flame around the world gives a mystifying glory of the past to the modern Olympic Games, it is not understood why this Nazi extravaganza is still happening today.
How did the game begin?
the olympic games began when Heracles built the Olympic Stadium to honor Zues, his father.Although the ancient Games were staged in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BC through 393 AD, it took 1503 years for the Olympics to return. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The man responsible for its rebirth was a Frenchman named Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who presented the idea in 1894A celebration to the god Zeus.
What is the Olympic Stadium called in London for the 2012 Olympic games?
It is named after the Queen
Who was Caesar in ancient Greece?
As far as I know, There is no character named Caesar in ancient Greece. There were only the Caesars of Rome, which was a title like emperor
What long-distance race was named for a city in ancient Greece?
The Marathon.
