Question: The Olympic torch is a tribute to the fire that burned throughout the ancient Greek Olympic games honoring which goddess? Answer: Hestia 21. Question: Which city has hosted the Olympics ...

Did the ancient Macedonians participate in the Olympic Games in which only the Greeks were allowed to compete?

Dr Judith Swaddling is an Assistant Keeper in the Greek and Roman Department at the British Museum. She is author of The Ancient Olympic Games, a guide to both the games and the site of ancient ...

Footraces—depicted on this vase by artist Euphiletos Painter—were among the earliest known events in the ancient Greek Olympics. But they likely weren't quite as long as the modern marathon.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece -- Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled ... when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the sun ...

Here's what you need to know about wrestling at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did wrestling become an Olympic sport? Wrestling was part of the Ancient Greek Olympics, where competitors fought ...

The flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics has been kindled at the ... when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the sun to ignite a silver torch. Instead, a backup flame ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled ... when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the ...