Topic: Did anyone watch the Olympic opening games?
kook !!OPZbEQMT1 started this discussion 8 years ago #71,735
If so, how was it?
Syntax joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #861,365
I was not alive in 776 BC 2C those opening games.
Catherine !TGirlYJKXM joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 25 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #861,368
@previous (Syntax)
I hope you are aware that the modern day Olympiad was first held in Athens, Greece from April 6 to April 15, 1896.
I hope you are aware that the modern day Olympiad was first held in Athens, Greece from April 6 to April 15, 1896.
Syntax replied with this 8 years ago, 10 minutes later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #861,369
@previous (Catherine !TGirlYJKXM)Betting you were not aware of this cause this comes as new news to me
History. According to historical records, the first ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 BC. They were dedicated to the Olympian gods and were staged on the ancient plains of Olympia. They continued for nearly 12 centuries, until Emperor Theodosius decreed in 393 A.D.
that all such "pagan cults" be banned.
that all such "pagan cults" be banned.
Apparently by 1896 there was some kind of reversal about Pagan Cults celebrations
