Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The ...

The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

PARIS, France — The Paris Olympics are putting on an Opening Ceremony on Friday unlike any we've seen before, highlighted by Olympic nation contingents riding on boats down the River Seine to be ...

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Anyone watching the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics saw Greece's athletes sail out onto the Seine River ahead of the rest of the countries competing. Why did Greece go first? Because it is ...

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As the world converges on Paris for the 33rd Olympiad, it’s a reminder of the ancient heritage of the Olympic movement. It starts with the term “Olympiad.” It was how the ...

The ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 B.C. — -- The Olympic Games that we know and celebrate today stem from events held thousands of years ago in Ancient Greece. The first recorded ...

ATHENS, Greece — Officials in Ancient Olympia are protesting the decision to hold the next International Olympic Committee session in a neighboring region of southern Greece, rather than at the ...