Attic red-figure kylix two boxers fighting under the watchful eye of their trainer 480BC by painter of the Paris Gigantomachy , Athens, Museum, Greek, Greece. Museum of Cycladic Art The ancient Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and were one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. They were held at the Panhellenic religious sanctuary of Olympia, in honour of Zeus, and the Greeks gave them a mythological origin.

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Size: 6260px × 4359px
Location: Athens, Museum, Greek, Greece.
Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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