#panhellenic games

[illustratus]

Pindar Exalts a Victor in the Olympic Games by Giuseppe Sciuti

[tridentandtales]

Roman marble relief depicting athletic prizes: an amphora filled with olive oil, a shield, and two wreaths (pine and celery)

2nd century CE

Metropolitan Museum of Art 59.11.19

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The Hoplitodromos "Race of the Hoplites" Ancient Olympics

by Tom Lovell

The first Olympic games were a one-day, one-competition event. The event was a footrace, and the event was held in Olympia, Greece, in 776 BC. The games were held roughly every four years until AD 393. One of the ancient events was the "hoplitodromos," a footrace where athletes competed in heavy armour, shield, and helmet.