Olympia
About Olympia
Olympia, officially Archaia Olympia, is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name. The site was a major Panhellenic religious sanctuary of ancient Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were held every four years throughout classical antiquity, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. They were restored on a global basis in 1894 in honor of the ideal of peaceful international contention for excellence.
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How do you light the Olympic torch? It actually is a flame that goes there. I had no idea how much backup flame they have should it go out.
from No Such Thing As Dinner On A Spider, 2016-06-16 at 00:21:00 · read transcript
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This is from a book I've just got called Eureka, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks, but we're afraid to ask by a guy called Peter Jones, and it looks like it's full of good things, and it basically says, for the first 50 years, it was the Olympic game, not the Olympic games, which is a nice way of putting it, and then after 50 years, they added the 400-meter race. The cool thing is, if you won it, the entire Olympiad was named after you for the next four years, so it would become the Kevin Olympics or whatever that was instead of the Athens Olympics.
37: No Such Thing As The Kevin Olympics, 2014-11-28 · listen
In 2012, there was an Olympiad in Russia and there were accusations that the French team were managing to get the messages to the actual player by standing in prearranged spots behind the board. so I'm not sure of the exact code but if I'm standing over here.
No Such Thing As A Bacon Scented Sleep Mask, 2020-11-13 · listen
Yes that's right yeah in 2012 there's an Olympiad in Russia and there were accusations that the French team were managing to get the messages to the actual player and by standing in pre-arranged spots behind the board so I'm not sure of the exact code but it's like if I'm.
347: No Such Thing As A Bacon Scented Sleep Mask, 2020-11-13 · listen
Very nice So I mean I reckon that I have more knowledge About the city of Olympia in Washington Than I do about the county of Rutland I know it's as small as county I live very near it And I can tell you The difference between the people there In Neanderthals Right Oh There we go Ouch, I've.
No Such Thing As An Honest Washing Machine, 2023-12-28 · listen
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