Mr. Olympia - 1960s. The 1965 and 1966 Mr Olympia were won by Larry Scott the superstar bodybuilder of the time. Scott displayed a physique with quite superb muscle shape his biceps, triceps, shoulders and chest were all massive, rounded and fully shaped. His upper arms in particular were at the time the biggest and best bodybuilding competition had ever seen, they measured well over 20 inc ...

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The site of Olympia was home to Lushootseed-speaking peoples for thousands of years. The abundant shellfish in the tideflats and the many salmon-spawning streams entering Puget Sound at this point made it a productive food-gathering area. Many tribes shared access to these resources, including Squaxin, Nisqually, Puyallup, Chehalis, Suquamish, and Duwamish. In the 1830s the Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post at nearby Sequalitchew Creek (now Dupont) In the 1840s Catholic missionaries established a mission and school at Priest Point near the future townsite ...

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Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 – April 30, 1883) was a French painter. One of the first 19th century artists to approach modern-life subjects, his art bridged the gap between realism and impressionism. Édouard Manet - Early life. Édouard Manet was born in Paris. His mother, Eugénie-Desirée Fournier, was the goddaughter of the Swedish crown prince, Charles Bernadotte from whom the current Swedish monarchs are descended, and his father, Auguste Manet, was a French judge. His father wante ...

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• Édouard Manet - Music in the Tuileries
• Édouard Manet - Luncheon on the Grass Le déjeuner sur l'herbe
• Édouard Manet - Olympia
• Édouard Manet - Life and times
• Édouard Manet - Cafe scenes
• Édouard Manet - Paintings of social activities
• Édouard Manet - Paris
• Édouard Manet - Outside Paris
• Édouard Manet - A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
• Édouard Manet - Death

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Kladeos (Greek: Κλάδεος) or Latin: Cladeus was a river god in Greek mythology. It is a river that flows from the north, through Olympia and empties into the Alfeios River. The river in the winter is protected from the flooding of Ancient Olympia. In the Mycenaean period, the Kladeos flooded the area. The flood continued in the middle ages and went up to the German excavations of Olympia in 1875 where it buried Olympia with a height of 4 m. The Greek poet Pindar in the 400s BC studied the intersection of Cladeus and Alpheus rivers. Kladeos ...

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The Ancient Olympic Games were an athletic and religious celebration held in the Greek town of Olympia from (historically) as early as 776 BC to 393 AD. 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 involved Pelops, king of Olympia and eponymous hero of the Peloponnesus, to whom offerings were made during the games. The Christian Clement of Alexandria asserted that "[The] Olympian games are ...

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In Greek mythology, Clymenus, or Klyménos ("notorious") may refer to any number of individuals: Clymenus was the father of Eurydice. Clymenus was the son of King Aeneas of Calydon. Clymenus was a King of Olympia. Clymenus was a King of Arcadia. Clymenus was a King of Boeotia and father of Phaeton by Merope. Clymenus was also an alternate name for Hades. Category: Greek mythological people

A modern stadium (plural stadiums, Latin plural stadia) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Stadium - History of the stadium. The word originates from the Greek "stadion" (στάδιον), literally a (place where people) stand. The oldest known stadium is the one in Olympia, in western Peloponnese, Greece, where ...

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In Greek mythology, King Atreus (Greek: Ατρεύς, Atreús) ("fearless") of Mycenae was the son of Pelops and Hippodamia and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. Atreus and his twin brother, Thyestes, were exiled by their father for having murdered their step-brother, Chrysippus in their desire for the throne of Olympia. They took refuge in Mycenae, where they ascended to the throne upon the absence of King Eurystheus, who was fighting the Heracleidae. Eurystheus had meant for their lordship to be temporary; it b ...

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Wilhelm Dörpfeld (or Doerpfeld) (26 December 1853 – 25 April 1940) was a German architect, best known for his contributions to classical archaeology. Dörpfeld was born in Barmen, Wuppertal. In 1877 he became an assistant at the Olympia excavations under Richard Bohn, Friedrich Adler, and Ernst Curtius. In 1882 he joined Heinrich Schliemann, who was then excavating Troy. He continued to work with Schliemann in Tiryns (1884–1885), took part in the Acropolis excavations (1885–1890), the Pergamon excavations (1900–1913, with Alexander Con ...

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Alkamenes (2nd half 5th century BCE) was a Greek sculptor, said to have been a pupil of Pheidias, the most eminent in Athens after the departure of Pheidias for Olympia, but enigmatic in that none of the sculptures associated with his name in classical literature can be securely connected with existing copies. Whether he was born in Athens or in the Athenian colony on Lemnos, his career was largely in Athens. Alkamenes - Reference. Andrew Stewart, One hundred Greek Sculptors : T ...

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Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 321 BC 320 BC 319 BC 318 BC 317 BC 316 BC 315 BC 314 BC 313 BC 312 BC 311 BC 316 BC - Events. Cassander, the Macedonian Regent, besieges Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, in Pydna. Cassander soon captures the city, kills Olympias, and regains custody of the young king Alexander IV and his mother Roxane. T ...

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C6 or C-6 may refer to: C6, the IATA code for CanJet. HMS C6, a C-class submarine of the Royal Navy. USS Olympia (C-6), a protected cruiser of the United States Navy The Citroën C6, a brand of car manufactured by Citroën. The Chevrolet C6, the sixth generation of the Chevrolet Corvette sports car. C6, an international standard paper size (114×162 mm), defined in ISO 216. C6, internet slang for cybersex. C6, Soprano High C.

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The Games of the XI Olympiad were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin's bid was preferred over Barcelona by the IOC in April, 1931. Although awarded before the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, the government saw the Olympics as a golden opportunity to promote their Nazi ideology. Film-maker Leni Riefenstahl, a favorite of Hitler, was commissioned to film the Games. The film, titled Olympia, was arguably a piece of propaganda, but originated many of the techniques now commonplace to the filming of sports. She was also th ...

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Akova is also a castle name in Gortynia, see Akova (Arcadia), Greece, and a settlement in Cyprus, see Akova, Cyprus Akova (Greek: Άκοβα) is a settlement near Argos, Greece. Akova is accesed with a road linking to GR-7 (Tripoli - Argos - Corinth). It is located about 45 km ESE of Pyrgos, about 30 km S of Olympia, about 20 km N of Kyparissia and 15 km north of GR-9A. The Gulf of Kyparissia which is part of the Ionian Sea is to its west. Further east are the mountains. There are no settlements in Giannitsochori. There ...

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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC - 430s BC - 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC Years: 440 BC 439 BC 438 BC 437 BC 436 BC - 435 BC - 434 BC 433 BC 432 BC 431 BC 430 BC 435 BC - Events. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia by Phidias, one of the seven wonders of the world, is completed. 435 BC - Births. Philoxenus of Cythera, Greek dithyrambic poet (+ 380 BC). Including:

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Maria Cantwell (D) Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The state is named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. The state capital is Olympia, and the largest city is Seattle. As of the 2000 census, the state population was approximately 5.9 million and the state work force numbered about 3.1 million. Residents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on the third syllable, pronounced as tone). It should not be confused with Washington, D.C., the nation's capital. To avoid confusion, the capital is often called simply D.C. an ...

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Olympia is located at 47°2'33" North, 122°53'35" West (47.042418, -122.893077)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 48.0 km² (18.5 mi²). 43.3 km² (16.7 mi²) of it is land and 4.7 km² (1.8 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 9.77% water. ...

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 42,514 people, 18,670 households, and 9,969 families residing in the city. The population density is 982.3/km² (2,544.4/mi²). There are 19,738 housing units at an average density of 456.1/km² (1,181.3/mi²). The ethnic makeup of the city is 85.26% White, 1.89% African American, 1.30% Native American, 5.82% Asian, 0.29% Pacific Islander, 1.68% from other cultural backgrounds, and 3.76% from two or more ethnicities. 4.38% of the po ...

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Snowe is the fourth woman to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the first to chair its seapower subcommittee, which oversees the Navy and Marine Corps. In 2001, Snowe became the first Republican woman to secure a full-term seat on the Senate Finance Committee. Snowe was the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the United States House of Representatives; she is also the only woman to have served in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of the U.S. Congress. Finally, she is the first Greek-American congre ...

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