The concept of naked athletes competing in the Olympic Games may seem unusual or even shocking to modern audiences, but it ...

The very first Olympics took place in 776BC. The only event was a 200m foot race and the winner was ... Finally, our language has roots in ancient Greece, from the individual letters through ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient ... chariot race with her team in two consecutive Olympics. Her victories have inspired women all over Greece to start ...

Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal of ancient Greece and were recruited ... runs were celebrated in the Olympics as the hoplitodromos, or 'armed race'.