Ancient Greeks prepared Roman gladiators for violent contests, although these were quite different from the Olympics the ...

The foot races at the Olympic games were of three lengths - namely, once over the course or "stadion," as it was called, and which became the unit of the Greek ... for an athlete to be able ...

Athletes' cuisine has long been a concern at the Olympic Games. After a trip to Greece last year, YouTube star Max Miller wanted to recreate a meal fit for an ancient Olympian for his YouTube ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this archway.

Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance from Athens to Sparta and back -- not just from Marathon ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece ... the city-states of Greece. Meaning all wars or disputes must be paused so that athletes and spectators can ...

A very different kind of Olympics is underway in Rio de Janeiro ... Abrico beach in Grumari are a throwback to the ancient Greek athletes who also played in the nude to honour the gods.

At the ancient Olympics in Greece, athletes weren’t the only stars of the show. The spectacle also attracted poets, who ...

Twenty-four athletes would wind up with a temporary hold on ... allegory of the French motto of equality and fraternity. The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred ...

The foot races at the Olympic games were of three lengths - namely, once over the course or "stadion," as it was called, and which became the unit of the Greek ... for an athlete to be able ...