Encyclopedia - Ancient Olympic Games: Encyclopedia - Ancient Olympic Games
The Ancient Olympic Games were an athletic and religious celebration held in the Greek town of Olympia from (historically) as early as 77...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Society
The distinguishing features of ancient Greek society were the division between free and slave, the differing roles of men and women, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stadium: Encyclopedia - Stadium
A modern stadium (plural stadiums, Latin plural stadia) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athletics: Encyclopedia - Athletics
Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 8th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 8th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 8th century BC - Overview. 8th century BC - Events. Assyria conquers Damascu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. It refers not only to the geographical peninsula o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gija Joseon: Encyclopedia Ii - Gija Joseon - Rulers Of Gija Joseon
Gojoseon, Jin Proto-Three Kingdoms:  Buyeo, Okjeo, Dongye  Samhan, Gaya Three Kingdoms:  Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla Unified S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Ancient Greece
There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning or the end of the Ancient Greek period. In common usage it refers to al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stadium: Encyclopedia Ii - Stadium - The Modern Stadium
Stadium - Types. Domed stadiums have roofs. They are called stadiums because they are large enough for, and designed for what are gener...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elis Prefecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Elis Prefecture - Geography
The northernmost point is 38.1° or 38° 06′ N, the westernmost is around 22.2° E or 22° 12′ E, the southernmost is 37.3° N o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Ancient Greece
There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning or the end of the Ancient Greek period. In common usage it refers to all...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athletics: Encyclopedia Ii - Athletics - History
Athletics was the original sport at the first Olympics back in 776 BC where the only event held was the stadium-length foot race or "stad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympiad: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympiad - Ancient Olympics
For the ancient Olympics, the Olympiad was a period of four years starting with the games at Olympia. By modern reckoning, the first reco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Modern Olympics
After the initial success, the Olympics struggled. The celebrations in Paris (1900) and St. Louis (1904) were overshadowed by the world's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Modern Olympics
After the initial success, the Olympics struggled. The celebrations in Paris (1900) and St. Louis (1904) were overshadowed by the world's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Modern Olympics
Main articles: Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics After the initial success, the Olympics struggled. The celebrations in Paris (1900) an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Olympic Games - Events
Unlike the Modern Olympic Games, only men who spoke Greek were allowed to participate in the Ancient Games. They were to some extent "int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Persian Wars
In Ionia (the modern Aegean coast of Turkey) the Greek cities, which included great centres such as Miletus and Halicarnassus, were unabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Olympic Movement
A number of organisations are involved in organising the Olympic Games. Together they form the Olympic Movement. The rules and guidelines...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The immediate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Mycenaean Greece Bronze Age
Mycenaean Greece, also known as Bronze Age Greece, is the Late Helladic Bronze Age civilization of Ancient Greece. It lasted from the arr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Use Of Podiums
According to Professor Emeritus Robert K. Barney, the University of Western Ontario's founding director of Western's International Centre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Olympic Symbols
The Olympic movement uses many symbols, most of them representing Coubertin's ideas and ideals. The best known symbol is probably that of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Olympic Symbols
The Olympic movement uses many symbols, most of them representing Coubertin's ideas and ideals. The best known symbol is probably that of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Olympic Champions And Medallists
For all events held at the Olympic Games, a classification is made up. The athletes (or teams) who place first, second, or third receive ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athletics: Encyclopedia Ii - Athletics - Events
There are other variations besides the ones listed below but races of unusual length (e.g. 300 m) are run much less often. With the excep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Olympic Champions And Medallists
For all events held at the Olympic Games, a classification is made up. The athletes (or teams) who place first, second, or third receive ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Olympic Sports
At the 2004 Olympics, events were held in 28 sports categories, per IOC count. If each sport such as aquatics were counted separately, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Doping
One of the major problems facing the Olympics (and international sports in general) is doping, or performance enhancing drugs. In the ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Revival Of The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games did not permanently die out in 393. It was revived in 1896. Already in the 17th century a sports festival, the "Olympic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Medieval Greece
The history of the Byzantine Empire is described by scholar August Heisenberg as the history "of the Roman state of the Greek nation, tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Doping
One of the major problems facing the Olympics (and international sports in general) is doping, or performance enhancing drugs. In the ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Doping
One of the major problems facing the Olympics (and international sports in general) is doping, or performance enhancing drugs. In the ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Olympic Sports
At the 2004 Olympics, events were held in 28 sports categories, per IOC count. If each sport such as aquatics was counted separately, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Olympic Movement
A number of organizations are involved in organizing the Olympic Games. Together they form the Olympic Movement. The rules and guidelines...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Olympic Symbols
The Olympic movement uses many symbols, most of them representing Coubertin's ideas and ideals. The best known symbol is probably that of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Use Of Podiums
According to Professor Emeritus Robert K. Barney, the University of Western Ontario's founding director of Western's International Centre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Revival Of The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games did not permanently die out in 393. It was revived in 1896. Already in the 17th century a sports festival, the "Olympic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Olympic Champions And Medalists
For all events held at the Olympic Games, a classification is made up. The athletes (or teams) who place first, second, or third receive ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Mycenaean Greece Bronze Age
Mycenaean Greece, also known as Bronze Age Greece, is the Late Helladic Bronze Age civilization of Ancient Greece. It lasted from the arr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Ottoman Rule And The Rise Of Modern Greece
Main articles: Ottoman Greece and History of Modern Greece When the Ottomans arrived, two Greek migrations occurred. The first migration ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Medieval Greece
The history of the Byzantine Empire is described by scholar August Heisenberg as the history "of the Roman state of the Greek nation, tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The immediate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics
The origin of the ancient Olympic Games has been lost, although there are many legends surrounding its origins. One of these legends asso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics
The origin of the ancient Olympic Games has been lost, although there are many legends surrounding its origins. One of these legends asso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics
The origin of the ancient Olympic Games has been lost, although there are many legends surrounding its origins. One of these legends asso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Olympic Games - Origin
The historical origins of the Ancient Olympic Games are lost in the fog of time, but several legends and myths survive. One of these invo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The proximate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Persian Wars
In Ionia (the modern Aegean coast of Turkey) the Greek cities, which included great centres such as Miletus and Halicarnassus, were unabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Olympic Games - History
The Games were held in Olympia, Greece, a sanctuary site for the Greek gods near the towns of Elis and Pisatis (both in Elis on the penin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athletics: Encyclopedia Ii - Athletics - Indoor Track And Field
There are two seasons for track and field. There is an indoor season, run during the winter and an outdoor season, run during the spring ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Mycenaean Greece Bronze Age
Mycenaean Greece, also known as Bronze Age Greece, is the Late Helladic Bronze Age civilization of Ancient Greece. It lasted from the arr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athletics: Encyclopedia Ii - Athletics - Events
There are other variations besides the ones listed below but races of unusual length (e.g. 300 m) are run much less often. With the excep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athletics: Encyclopedia Ii - Athletics - Outdoor Track And Field
The outdoor track and field season begins in the spring and may last through the summer. Usually the tracks are 400 meters, however, some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Conquests Of Alexander
Philip was succeeded by his 20-year-old son Alexander, who immediately set out to carry out his father's plans. He travelled to Corinth w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Rise Of Macedon
The Kingdom of Macedon was formed in the 7th century BC out of northern Greek tribes. They played little part in Greek politics before th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Social And Political Conflict
The Greek cities were originally monarchies, although many of them were very small and the term "King" (basileus) for their rulers is mis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Rise Of Hellas
In the 8th century BC Greece began to emerge from the Dark Ages which followed the fall of the Mycenaean civilization. Literacy had been ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Origins
The Greeks are believed to have migrated southward into the Balkan peninsula in several waves beginning in the late 3rd millennium BC, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Dominance Of Athens
The Persian Wars ushered in a century of Athenian dominance of Greek affairs. Athens was the unchallenged master of the sea, and also the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Spartan And Theban Dominance
The end of the Peloponnesian War left Sparta the master of Greece, but the narrow outlook of the Spartan warrior elite did not suit them ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Greek Dark Ages
The Greek Dark Ages (ca. 1200 BC–800 BC) refers to the period of Greek prehistory from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Myce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Hellenistic Greece
The Hellenistic period of Greek history begins with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and ends with the annexation of the Greek ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elis Prefecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Elis Prefecture - Telecommunications
Telephones were more common after the 1960s when they created hundreds of kilometres of phone lines in the region. Now nearly every house...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elis Prefecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Elis Prefecture - Communications
Total highways are exactly 200 km, with 25 km being old national roads. Most of the roads were entirely made out of earth before the mode...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elis Prefecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Elis Prefecture - History
776 BC: The first Olympic games held in Olympia. These games lasted into the Roman Empire. 3rd - 4th century: Goths, Slavs and Vandals ra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympiad: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympiad - Modern Olympics
For the modern Olympics the term was long used to indicate the games themselves, but the IOC now uses them to indicate a period of four y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Revival Of The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games did not die in 393. Already in the 17th century a sports festival, the "Olympick Games" was held in England. Over the n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Olympic Movement
A number of organizations are involved in organizing the Olympic Games. Together they form the Olympic Movement. The rules and guidelines...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elis Prefecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Elis Prefecture - Tourism
Tourism is mainly founded along the beaches of western Peloponnese. In the range of 60% to 70% tour the beaches of Elia or the western Pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elis Prefecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Elis Prefecture - Information And Features
Lechaina international festival had taken place in mid-summer of 2002. It hosted concerts, not as big as others, and shows. There are no ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Creation Of The Modern Greek State
The Ottomans ruled Greece until the early 19th century. In 1821, the Greeks rebelled in the Greek War of Independence and declared their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Medieval Greece
The history of the Byzantine Empire is described by scholar August Heisenberg as the history "of the Roman state of the Greek nation, tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Roman Period
Militarily Greece itself declined to the point that the Romans conquered the land (168 BC onwards), though Greek culture would in turn co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elis Prefecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Elis Prefecture - Overview
About 50% to 60% of the population live in villages, towns and cities that lie in the northern portion of the prefecture. from the Europe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elis Prefecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Elis Prefecture - Climate
In spring, temperatures in May can climb to around 20 to 25 °C. Temperatures in the summer can soar over 30 °C (86 °F). Sunny takes ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elis Prefecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Elis Prefecture - Forestry
Before the mid-20th century, logging was rarely common to third-class residents. They used it for heating, cooking, and some other resour...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elis Prefecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Elis Prefecture - Agriculture
The primary source of agriculture is corn, tomatoes, potatoes, green peppers, livestock, watermelon, melon and some vegetables. There are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Games - Olympic Sports
At the 2004 Olympics, events were held in 28 sports categories, per IOC count. If each sport such as aquatics was counted separately, the...   » Read the article