. The Burton Holmes lectures;. rt on the crest ofMt. Olympus far away in Thessaly. But it was at Olympiathat Zeus was honored by the celebration of the games, ofNvhich tlie festival of iH(j6 is a revival. The first recordedgames, those of 776 ]>. C, when first the measurement of 46 THE OLYMPIAN GAMES time by Olympiads was begun, were buta revival of still more ancient observ-ances, the origin of which has beenascribed to Hercules. As we look upon the sculpturedgods and men who on the pedi-ment of Olympias great templewere actually seen, admired, andpraised by almost every great Greekwho eve
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. rt on the crest ofMt. Olympus far away in Thessaly. But it was at Olympiathat Zeus was honored by the celebration of the games, ofNvhich tlie festival of iH(j6 is a revival. The first recordedgames, those of 776 ]>. C, when first the measurement of 46 THE OLYMPIAN GAMES time by Olympiads was begun, were buta revival of still more ancient observ-ances, the origin of which has beenascribed to Hercules. As we look upon the sculpturedgods and men who on the pedi-ment of Olympias great templewere actually seen, admired, andpraised by almost every great Greekwho ever lived, our thoughts go backto those old games, and we long tosee the athletes, the spectators, andthe pilgrims on whom these images ofstone looked down. Yet these stoneswere new when the games were alreadya long established institution, for Homer describes many of the contests which restoration of a victory, olvmpiaare known to have figured in the Olympian Games. Some ofthese are pictured in the Egyptian wall-paintings which.
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