Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... He offers some interesting facts along the way, including that the athletes had to compete completely ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this archway.

at least 40,000 spectators would have packed the stadium each day, with many more selling their wares outside. The Ancient Olympic Games were full of intriguing facts that highlight the unique ...

A view of the ancient ruins of the Stadium at Olympia with its centerpiece 210-yard track. Roger Wood/Corbis In the hills above Olympia, I awoke before dawn, feeling bleary-eyed from the Greek ...

(CNN)-- The Olympic ... are some facts about the centuries-old traditions behind the relay and its modern development. • The torch is a tradition carried over from ancient Greece when fire ...

Winter Olympics - Lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics - Ancient Olympia, Olympia, Greece - October ... tomorrow in Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, it will ...