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[...]... gradually, and gives a timetable, which may or may not go back to Hippias Whatever the case, many modern students of the games think that it is accurate Pausanias claims that in the beginning and for about a half-century, the only event at the Olympic festival was the race of one length of the stadium, the stade At the fourteenth Olympiad, he writes, the sponsors added the two stade race called the. .. tourists The “Altis,” as Pindar calls it (above), local dialect for alsos, meant “Sacred Place,” usually “Sacred Grove,” because Greeks tended to place their sanctuaries in shady, well-wooded areas The religious portion of the site, at Olympia always called by the name Altis, was clearly marked off from the secular grounds nearby, such as the stadium, any accommodations, baths, and other areas which... contests associated with funerals appear a number of times in early texts Hesiod, probably Homer’s younger contemporary, speaks of games he attended at the funeral of a man named Amphidamas, whose sons offered “many prizes” (Works and Days 631–40) Homer’s heroes sometimes mention funeral games Nestor, the old man of the Greek army, boasts about his success at funeral games for a man named Amarynkeas (Iliad... generally familiar or frequent in Olympic histories I use the English versions as adapted from Latin: Thucydides, Aeschylus, and Plato, rather than the exact transliteration of the Greek (Thoukydides, Aischylos, Platon) Less familiar names appear spelled more like the original Greek: Akousilaos rather than Acusilaus, Ikkos rather than Iccus Citations of the standard Greek authors, by universal custom, are... Evidence The most recent excavator, Ulrich Sinn, finds the earliest significance of the site in an oracle of Zeus, consulted especially in matters of war The geographer Strabo (whose dates span between bc and ad) makes especial note of the oracle, and one of Pindar’s poems places the birth of a seer named Iamos at Olympia Sinn argues that Greeks consulted the Olympic oracle about many battles, including the. .. Beginnings The poet Pindar said that the games at Olympia eclipse all other athletic contests as the sun eclipses the other stars in the daytime sky (Olympian 1.1–7; see chapter 6, below) The Olympics were the oldest of many Greek festivals, and by universal agreement, the best There is little certain about the details of the festival’s origin, how the competitions actually began Greeks gave several rather... more room for the buildings and grounds of the sanctuary Perhaps the first permanent item on the site was the altar of Zeus, which was tended regularly with sacrifices of animals, whose charred bones built up into a solid structure This altar remained the focal point of the sanctuary for all the remaining centuries, and by Pausanias’ time it towered above the visitors Near it was the tomb of the hero Pelops,... practiced for recreation, the festivals, at least, were far from being a diversion No word ever associated with them could translate as anything like “sport.” And there were no contests at all for teams, not even a relay race The only events were for individuals The Greeks had team games, even team ball games, but they played no part in athletic festivals such as the Olympics The term Olympic Games ... use the phrase of Avery Brundage Brundage, as president of the International Olympic Committee, cited the precedent of ancient Greece to justify his enforcing the strictest of amateur rules Brundage’s departure, more than my book, hastened the disappearance of amateurism from the modern Olympic Games But nowadays virtually no classicist or historian would attribute amateurism to the ancient Greeks Amateurism,... in a preliminary hold They are evenly matched Each has gained one throw when Achilles calls the bout a draw The only foot race at these games is the diaulos, down the course once and back Later, at least, the diaulos was about 400 meters Here Odysseus need not share first place, because Athena – who always seems there to give Odysseus special protection and help – trips the only man running in front of . alike. Published A Brief History of the Olympic Games David C. Young In Preparation A Brief History of Astrology Roger Beck A Brief History of Oracles, Divination, and Prophecy Sarah Iles Johnston BHOA01. (Thoukydides, Aischylos, Platon). Less familiar names appear spelled more like the original Greek: Akousilaos rather than Acusilaus, Ikkos rather than Iccus. Citations of the standard Greek authors,. up the most valuable prizes for the chariot race, which takes place first on the program. In a unique passage, Idomeneus offers to make a bet with Ajax on the outcome of the race. As the two argue,