While the ancient Games’ main focus was athleticism, they also incorporated philosophies of fairness, peace, development and education—values that permeate our own Olympic era, which began ...

The games are held at the site of Olympia, very close to the city of Elis. Other cities in Greece held games but the ancient Olympics were the most famous and prestigious.

The earliest versions of the ancient games consisted of a single athletic event, called a Stadion. It was a 200-yard sprint on the floor of what was the original Olympic Stadium.

Lighting Ceremony Of The Olympic Flame ATHENS, GREECE - APRIL 16: An actress holds the Olympic flame during the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics at the Ancient Olympia ...

It is called Mount Typaeum. It is a law of Elis to cast down it any women who are caught present at the Olympic games, or even on the other side of the Alpheius, on the days prohibited to women.