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The Ancient Olympic Games

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Many myths surround the origin of the ancient Olympic Games. One says that Heracles built the Olympic stadium and surrounding buildings in honor of his father Zeus, after completing his twelve labors. He would have walked 600 feet and called this distance a stadium, knowing that the demigod shod of 46 we deduce that a [...]