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The Heraea was an ancient Greek festival in which young girls competed in a footrace, possibly as a puberty or pre-nuptial initiation ritual. The race was held every four years at Olympia . The games were organised by a group of sixteen women, who were also responsible for weaving a peplos for Hera and arranging choral dances.
The statues of Cynisca (also spelled Kyniska from the ancient Greek Κυνίσκα) were two ancient Greek statues which commemorated Cynisca of Sparta’s Olympic victory in chariot racing at the 396 B.C. and 392 B.C. Olympic Games. Cynisca was the first woman to win at the Olympic Games.
A depiction of an ancient Greek four-horse chariot, c. 530-520 BC. While most women in the ancient Greek world were kept in seclusion and forbidden to pursue athletic activities such as riding or hunting, Spartan women of the elite spartiate class [note 1] were trained to excel in sports.
The ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ta Olympia [1]), or the ancient Olympics, were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of ancient Greece.
Ancient Olympia, Greece. Photo taken with Nokia N8 (12 Megapixel). Αρχαία Ολυμπία. Φωτογραφία που τράβηξα με το Nokia N8. Date: 28 November 2010, 12:39: Source: Ancient Olympia, Greece: Author: John Karakatsanis from Athens, Greece
The flame for the 2024 Paris Olympics has been lit in Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics. ... “As a Greek, I have been raised with images of the relay and it is incredible to be ...
The Archaeological Museum of Olympia (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ολυμπίας) is one of the principal museums of Greece, located in Olympia.It is overseen by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, and, as of 2009, is directed by Georgia Xatzi.
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies prevented the traditional lighting , when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the sun to ignite a silver torch — after ...