The participants were primarily free-born Greek men. Women were generally ... The modern Olympic Games have retained some of ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece ... Now you may have noticed there aren’t any women here. That’s because women are not allowed to take part ...

The Ancient ... The games were held every four years from 776BC to at least 393AD, and all free Greek males were allowed to participate, regardless of their social status. Women, however, were ...

The Olympic ... 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. The ancient games were also ...

The majority were male; married women ... Sacred Olympic Truce, which supposedly banned all wars that might mar the success of the event, the ancient Games were often caught up in Greek internal ...

As international delegates debated the rules for the first modern games ... in the ancient Greek Olympics was an olive-branch crown. But victorious athletes from that first Olympic era—776 ...

How do wrestlers score points in Olympic matches? Below are examples of some of the most common ways that ... Are there any differences between men's and women's freestyle wrestling? Women's freestyle ...

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...