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Pherenike was born on the island of Rhodes, located in the Aegean Sea. She was a girl in a family of accomplished male athletes. Her father, Diagoras, was a champion Olympic boxer from the games of 464 B.C. Her brothers were also champion boxers, as well as prevailing champions in the Pancration. Because women were not permitted to participate in sports... [continue reading]
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The Ancient Greek sports are remarkable in human history and instructive to those interested in promoting athletics due to their recorded longevity of more than a millennium, their high levels of participation amongst the people of the time, and the great degree of enthusiasm clearly demonstrated for these sports through period artwork and through remunerations... [continue reading]
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The traditional games of children are the maximum exponent of a people’s culture of play, and though these games are sometimes derived from adult ceremonies, in spirit they belong to the world of children. Most authors assume that games depend on biological, cultural and psychological influences; they are considered a typical anthropological phenomenon... [continue reading]
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The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of rites of passage in the socialization of Spartan youth. Methodologically, our discussion will be based upon ancient literary sources, in particular Plutarch, Xenophon and Pausanias, interdisciplinary approaches initiated by modern historians and sociologists, and archaeological evidence. ... [continue reading]
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That there is a connection between warfare and sport is evident enough. Competitive games, in the form of contests between individuals or teams, imitate war in a more or less conscious manner. This fact is most obviously reflected in the language of sport. When sports writers use terms like catastrophe, tragedy, massacre, or annihilation, people sometimes... [continue reading]
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776 BCE
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724 BCEThe diaulos foot-race (two lengths of the stadium) is added to the schedule of the Olympic Games.
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720 BCEThe dolichos foot-race is added to the schedule of the Olympic Games and is won by Akanthos of Sparta.
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720 BCEOrsippos is the first athlete to discard his loincloth at the Olympic Games, establishing the convention for athletes to compete naked.
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708 BCEWrestling and the pentathlon are added to the schedule of the Olympic Games.
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688 BCEBoxing is added to the schedule of the Olympic Games.
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680 BCEChariot races are added to the schedule of the Olympic Games which are extended to two days for the first time.
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680 BCETHe tethrippon (four-horse chariot race) is added to the schedule of the Olympic Games.
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648 BCEThe Pankration (a mix of wrestling and boxing) is added to the schedule of the Olympic Games.
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632 BCEEvents for boys are added to the schedule of the Olympic Games which are extended to three days for the first time.
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586 BCEFirst athletic games at Delphi.
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580 BCEFirst athletic games at Isthmia.
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532 BCEMilon of Kroton wins the first of five consecutive wrestling competitions at the Olympic Games.
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521 BCEPhanas of Pellene wins the stadion, diaulos and race in armour in the same Olympic Games.
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520 BCEThe hoplitodromos (a foot-race in hoplite armour is added to the schedule of the Olympic Games.
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488 BCEKroton of Magna Graecia wins the first of three consecutive stadion races in the Olympic Games.
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488 BCERunner Astylos of Kroton wins the first of his six victories over three Olympic Games.
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420 BCESparta is excluded from the Olympic Games for breaking the ekecheiria or sacred truce.
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416 BCE
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408 BCEThe synoris (two-horse chariot race) was added to the schedule of the Olympic Games.
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392 BCEThe horse owner Kyniska becomes the first woman to win a victor's crown at the Olympic Games.
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356 BCE
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352 BCE
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271 BCEFinal Games at Nemea.
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80 BCESulla moves the Olympic Games to Rome for a single Olympiad.
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72 BCEGaius becomes the first Roman victor at the Olympic Games.
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17 CE
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81 CEHermogenes of Xanthos wins the first of his 8 Olympic running crowns over three consecutive Olympic Games.
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261 CELast documented victor at Olympic Games.
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261 CEThe list of victors running back to 776 BCE ends for the Olympic Games.


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