A Hotlist on the Ancient Olympic Games

A Hotlist on the Ancient Olympic Games
An Internet Hotlist on The Ancient Olympic Games

created by Leslie M. Coons
Azusa Pacific University

Introduction

In addition to using books and magazines to find out about the Ancient Olympic Games, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games - The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology presents this website which compares the Ancient Olympics and the modern Games. Learn if the athletes were amateurs or pros, or study if politics influence the Olympics past and present. Additional links include the Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum. (added 5/31/00)
History-The Ancient Olympic Games - HickokSports.com - History - The Ancient Olympics ... shorts but, according to one ancient writer, Pausanias, a ... the 4th century BC, the Olympic festival drew ... Pythagoras, and Themistocles all visited Olympia at one ... Description: This document is a history of the ancient Olympics. It is a page in the History section of HickokSports.c... Category: Sports > Events > Olympics > Ancient www.hickoksports.com/history/olancien.shtml - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
The Olympic Games of Ancient Greece - The Olympic Games of Ancient Greece ... Your task is to discover as much as you can about the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece. Try to find as many new and unique facts as possible. Your task is to: ... education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/olympics/olympicwq.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
Ancient Sports - Ancient Sports ... The ancient Olympics were rather different from the modern Games. There were fewer events, and only free men who spoke Greek could ... www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/sports.html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages
The Olympic Games - The Olympic Games ... The origin of the Olympic Games is linked with many myths referred to in ancient sources, but in the historic years their founder is said to be Oxylos whose ... www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21107a/og/games.html - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
Webquest - Webquest Games of the Ancient Olympics. ... One of the most important contributions of the Ancient Greeks to civilization was the start of the original Olympic Games. ... www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Class/est57280/ kmeehan/webquest.htm - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
Sport Information - Sport Information ... The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. ... They were held in a sacred, fertile valley of Ancient Greece at a place called Olympia. ... Description: Article on the ancient Olympics. Category: Sports > Events > Olympics > Ancient www.ausport.gov.au/info/factsheets/anc.html - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
The Olympic Games - The Olympic Games ... The origin of the Olympic Games is linked with many myths referred to in ancient sources, but in the historic years their founder is said to be Oxylos whose ... www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21107a/og/games.html - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
Webquest - Webquest Games of the Ancient Olympics. ... One of the most important contributions of the Ancient Greeks to civilization was the start of the original Olympic Games. ... www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Class/est57280/ kmeehan/webquest.htm - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

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Last revised Tue Jan 20 16:38:48 US/Pacific 2004