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Olympia (Modern Greek: Ολυμπία [oli(m)ˈbi.a]; Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπία [olympí.aː]), officially Archaia Olympia (Greek: Αρχαία Ολυμπία lit. ' Ancient Olympia ' ), is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece , famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name.
Olympia is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: Notable people with the name include: Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (1638–1708), second-eldest of the five celebrated Mancini sisters and mother of Austrian general Prince Eugene of Savoy
In these cases Olympiad is used to indicate a regular event of international competition for top achieving participants; it does not necessarily indicate a four-year period. In some languages, like Czech and Slovak, Olympiad (Czech: olympiáda) is the correct term for the games.
The Ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ta Olympia [8]) were religious and athletic festivals held every four years at the sanctuary of Zeus in Olympia, Greece. The date of the festival was determined according to a complicated formula whereby the midpoint of the festival would occur during the second full moon after ...
Olympia, an 1863 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet; Olympia, a 1948 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte; Olympia (comics), a fictional city in Marvel Comics; Olympia, a mechanical doll in E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story "Der Sandmann", and in the opera The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach
Most records are subject to ratification by the governing body for that record. On the world level, that is World Athletics.Each body has their own procedure for ratifying the records: for example, USA Track & Field (USATF), the governing body for the United States, only ratifies records once a year at their annual meeting at the beginning of December.
Olympia is an 1863 oil painting by Édouard Manet, depicting a nude white woman ("Olympia") lying on a bed being attended to by a black maid. The French government acquired the painting in 1890 after a public subscription organized by Claude Monet .
Lighting of the modern Olympic flame at Olympia, Greece, site of the ancient games. The ancient games, held in Greece from c. 776 BCE to c. 393 CE, [1] provide the first examples of Olympic ceremonies. The victory celebration, elements of which are in evidence in the modern-day medal and closing ceremonies, often involved elaborate feasts ...