13 Photos From the First Modern Olympic Games in 1896
13 Photos From the First Modern Olympic Games in 1896 By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Stacker News On 7/23/21 at 8:00 PM EDT Ancient Greeks began the tradition of celebrating athletic prowess and prestige in their Olympic Games, held every four years in honor of the mythological god Zeus. In 1896, the millennia-old tradition was revived into the modern Olympics. The first Games in the summer of 1896 included competitors from Europe and the United States and were held in Athens in tribute to the Games' origins. In subsequent years, the Olympics came to include athletes from nearly every country on E...
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