Talk:Ancient Olympic Games

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Contents 1 Ancient Olympic Games 2 Messages 3 New picture on commons 4 1911 Brittanica 5 Heraea/Pelops & References 6 919 BC? 7 whats up 8 In response to the person who asked about what the winners received 9 How many days are in the ancient olympic games? 10 the end?

[edit] Ancient Olympic Games

This is a discussion page where you can come and discuss the ancient olympics games in greece.

Have fun. 

Here is the link to the Ancient Olympics page.

• Not. This is not a discussion page where you can come and discuss the ancient olympics games in Greece. This discussion page is for improving the article itself. Colonel Marksman 01:43, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Messages

I find the ancient olympics very interesting. This is a very good page. I will post more, as i don't have much more to say at the moment. ~ Ashley

I think there is an error. In this article, it says Pelops was the thirteenth suitor, but in the article about Pelops, he is the fourteenth one. Not a major error, but it still is a little confusing. -Corky842

corky842-

thank you for pointing that out. i have fixed that error.

I am writing a story about the anceint olympics and this really helped me out alot, Thanx. -Sam

I love the history behind the Olympics. taygirl00 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.241.227.118 (talk) 00:56, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New picture on commons

Hello!

I was in a special exihibition about ancient sports in Munich and took some pictures. Perhaps somebody can use them. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_sports I shall upload more in the next days. MatthiasKabel 15:22, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1911 Brittanica

There is significant material in their Classical games article that is in the public domain and may be of use for this article. I'm not really qualified to judge the material, but I've redirected that title here for the Wikipedia:1911 Encyclopedia topics project, so let me know if you think there was a better place. Thanks - Taxman ^Talk 17:58, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Heraea/Pelops & References

I've added a ref section to help us keep this article accurate. I noticed that someone removed the Heraea information and have re-added them, along with citations. --Deebki 10:20, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 919 BC?

This paragraph makes no sense:

The first written accounts of the Olympic Games date from 776 BC, although it is sure that these Games were not the first ones to be held. The Olympic Games were held in four year intervals, and later the Greek method of counting the years even referred to these Games, using the term Olympiad for the period between two Games. The Greeks in historical times used the Olympiads to count years, much as we today use AD and BC. Thus, by that chronology, the first Olympiad would have taken place in 919 BC.

How is it possible for 776 BC to become 919 BC? TharkunColl 00:50, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

When you're looking BC, the lower the number, the closer it is AD. Basically, it starts at a high number, and works down as the years go by.

68.218.205.26 18:29, 11 April 2007 (UTC)unsigned

[edit] whats up

i dont know what they got when they won the gamesCrazyhors 00:55, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In response to the person who asked about what the winners received

The winners of the Games got a olive branch crown. However, in their home city-state, they could recieve either parades,or even free meals for a year. One of the greatest honor, however, was if a famous poet wrote about them.

Master DaVinci 3/15/2008 17:33 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Master DaVinci (talk • contribs) 17:35, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How many days are in the ancient olympic games?

there are 5 days in the ancient olympic games. from Izzzzzzzzzzzy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.145.46.34 (talk) 12:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] the end?

The article does not explain why the games were no longer held. Why did they stop in 393? --68.13.81.239 (talk) 00:54, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

The article already states "Finally, the Olympic Games were suppressed by either Theodosius I in AD 393 or his grandson Theodosius II in AD 435,^[1] as part of the campaign to impose Christianity as a state religion." Dimadick (talk) 03:49, 23 April 2008 (UTC)