Ancient Olympic Games
athletic competitions in ancient Greece
15 dated entries naming Ancient Olympic Games, drawn from 15 separate years between 716 BCE and 393 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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8th century BC
7th century BC
6th century BC
5th century BC
- 496 BCETisicrates of Kroton wins the stadion race at the 71st Olympic Games.source
- 492 BCETisicrates wins the stadion race for a second time at the 72nd Olympic Games.source
- 488 BCEAstylos of Croton wins the stadion race at the 73rd Olympic Games.source
- 484 BCEAstylos of Croton wins the stadion race for a second time at the 74th Olympic Games.source
- 474 BCEThe Greek poet Pindar moves to Thebes after two years at the Sicilian Court of Hiero I of Syracuse. While at Thebes, he composes lyric odes to celebrate triumphs in the Olympic Games and other athletic events.source
4th century BC
- 396 BCEKyniska becomes the first woman to win an event at the Olympic Games when the horse-drawn chariot she sponsors crosses the finish line first, even though the prohibition on women competing forces her to hire a man to drive it.source
- 372 BCETroilus of Elis wins two equestrian events at the Olympic Games, which leads to referees being banned from competing in the Games.source
1st century
4th century
- 385Aurelios Zopyros becomes the last reported athlete at the Ancient Olympic Games. He is a victor in "junior boxing" (pankration).source
- 393Theodosius I abolishes the Greek Olympic Games, ending a thousand years of festivals, as part of the general Christian policy to establish universal Christian worship in accordance with the doctrines set forth in the Nicene Creed (the next Olympic Games will not be held until 1896).source
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- Athens (1)
- Christianity (1)
- Nicene Creed (1)
- Greece (1)
- Thebes, Greece (1)