Traditions of Olympia
4 traditions tied to Olympia.
🇬🇷 Olympia, Greece and 1 moreOlympic torch relay
The ceremonial journey of the flame from Olympia to each host city of the Olympic GamesCeremony
🇬🇷 Olympia, Greece and 5 moreOlympic flame
A flame kindled in Greece, carried by torch to light the cauldron of each GamesCeremony
🇬🇷 Olympia, GreeceAncient Olympic Gamesτὰ Ὀλύμπια
A quadrennial athletic festival held in ancient Greece to honor the god ZeusGame
🇬🇷 Olympia, GreeceHeraean Games
An ancient Greek festival of running races for unmarried young women at OlympiaGame
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Olympic torch relay: DieselCat, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Olympic flame: RuinDig/Yuki Uchida, CC BY 4.0, source
- Ancient Olympic Games: Bgabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Heraean Games: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0, source