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The Panathenaic Stadium (Greek: Παναθηναϊκό Στάδιο, romanized:Panathinaïkó Stádio, [panaθinai̯ˈko ˈstaðio]) [ a ] or Kallimarmaro (Καλλιμάρμαρο [kaliˈmarmaro], lit.'beautiful marble') [ 3 ][ 4 ] is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. One of the main historic attractions of Athens, [ 5 ] it is the ...
Panathenaea. The Panathenaea (or Panathenaia) was a multi-day ancient Greek festival held annually in Athens that would always conclude on 28 Hekatombaion, the first month of the Attic calendar. [1] The main purpose of the festival was for Athenians and non-Athenians to celebrate the goddess Athena. [2] Every four years, the festival was ...
The Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. The athletic events were staged at the Panathenaic Stadium, which is still in use today. In 1865, Evangelis Zappas left a vast fortune in his will with instructions to excavate and refurbish the ancient Panathenaic stadium so that modern Olympic Games could be held every four years "in the manner of our ...
Hybrid, striking, grappling, wrestling. Country of origin. Ancient Greece. Olympic sport. Introduced in 648 BC in the 33rd Olympiad. Pankration (/ pænˈkreɪti.ɒn, - ʃən /; [citation needed] Ancient Greek: παγκράτιον [paŋkráti.on]) was an unarmed combat sport introduced into the Greek Olympic Games in 648 BC.
The Pnyx is a small, rocky hill surrounded by parkland, with a large flat platform of eroded stone set into its side, and by steps carved on its slope. It was the meeting place of one of the world's earliest known democratic legislatures, the Athenian ekklesia (assembly), and the flat stone platform was the bema, the "stepping stone" or ...
The National Stadium[ 3 ] (国家体育场), a.k.a. the Bird's Nest (鸟巢), [ 4 ] is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The National Stadium, covering an area of 204,000 square meters with 91,000 capacity, broke ground in December 2003, officially started construction in March 2004, and was completed in June 2008.
The Theatre of Dionysus[1] (or Theatre of Dionysos, Greek: Θέατρο του Διονύσου) is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the Acropolis hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus (Dionysus the Liberator [2]). The first orchestra terrace was constructed on the site around the ...
The stadium is named after the historic club's president, official and athlete Apostolos Nikolaidis. It is situated in the Ambelokipi district of Athens , east of the Lycabettus Hill and on Alexandras Avenue 160, by which name it is most commonly known ( Leoforos Alexandras or simply Leoforos , Leoforos meaning Avenue).