Ancient Greece originated the Olympic Games. The Paris Olympics website outlines a bit of the history: The history of the Games goes back around 3,000 years, to the Peloponnese in Ancient Greece.

The ancient Olympic Games, which began in the 8th century B.C., laid the foundation for the modern Olympic movement, which is a source of national pride for the Greeks and which includes the ...

Actress Katerina Lehou, right, as high priestess, lights the torch during the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame in Ancient Olympia, southwestern Greece, Oct. 24, 2017.

At every Olympic Games, viewers worldwide notice a consistent tradition during the Parade of Nations: Greece always enters the stadium first. This unique privilege is not based on current athletic ...

Greece leads the parade of nations at every edition of the Olympic Games, but do you know the history behind the tradition?

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Sports News 2024 Paris Olympics flame lit in ceremony at Ancient Olympia From the ancient stadium in Olympia, a relay of torchbearers will carry the flame along a 3,100-mile route through Greece ...

After more than a thousand years, the ancient Olympics fizzled out, and Greece’s athletic scene came to resemble something more like a bunch of local recreational sports teams than a few big ...

The Olympics, which took place every four years until at least 393 A.D., was the premier sporting, social and cultural gathering of the ancient Greeks. When did the modern Olympic Games start?

The Olympic flame was lit at the birthplace of the Games in Greece on Tuesday in a ceremony rich with ancient traditions that will launch a torch relay culminating in Paris on July 26.

The ancient Olympic Games, which began in the 8th century B.C., laid the foundation for the modern Olympic movement, which is a source of national pride for the Greeks and which includes the ...