If you hope to drop a few pounds or build that summer six-pack, ancient Greek athletes can give helpful pointers about ...

The concept of naked athletes competing in the Olympic Games may seem unusual or even shocking to modern audiences, but it ...

Everybody must have been struck at one time or another by the truth of some of the facts about athletes stated in the ... which the Greeks held in their hands while leaping. They put their hands ...

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians.

In ancient Greece both epinikian songs and inscribed epigrams were regularly composed to ... and also provides a rich array of close readings that illuminate key parts of the praise of athletes. This ...

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians.

The ancient Greeks regarded a healthy body almost as ... practice rooms and baths. Athletes wore no clothes and it was common practice for them to oil or dust their bodies before and after taking ...

At the ancient Olympics in Greece, athletes weren’t the only stars of the show. The spectacle also attracted poets, who ...

The Agora will be held in the Museum’s the Amphitheatre on the banks of Lake Burley Griffin and is one of several events to celebrate the Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes exhibition ...