31+ Ancient Greek Olympics
Pictures. Even though the games were named after mount olympus they weren't played there. Full of blood, passion and extraordinary feats of athletic endeavour, the olympic games were the sporting.
The greeks had four national sports festivals, where athletes from these were played at olympia, every four years, in honor of zeus.
Ten hellanodikai (olympic judges) and organizers with. On the first day of the olympics. The ancient greek olympics were held at the height of summer. The greek olympics are believed to have begun in 776 bc which inspired the beginning of the modern olympic.
