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ancient Olympic Games
athletic competitions in ancient Greece
Details
- Instance of
- recurring sporting event, religious holiday
- Subclass of
- penteteric competition, stephanitic games, panegyris
- Inception
- 776 BCE
- Followed by
- Olympic Games
- Location
- Olympia, Sanctuary of Olympia
- culture
- Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome
- dedicated to
- Zeus
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Реальный словарь классических древностей по Любкеру, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 5th century
- event interval
- 4
- topic's main category
- Category:Ancient Olympic Games
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