Another theory on the origin of the Olympic games, also from Pindar, inOlympian X, attributes the Olympic games to the great Greek heroHercules(Hercules or Heracles), who held the games as a thank offering to honor his father, Zeus, after Hercules had exacted revenge on King Augeus of El...
The Origin and Authenticity of the Modern Olmpu Games.Appendix A: Chornology and Schedule of the Athletic Circuit.Appendix B: Technical Note on Discuss and Long Jump.Appendix C: Modern Issues: The Marathon and Torch Relay.Notes.Glossary.Bibliography.Index.doi:10.1002/9780470774823.ch13...
It flows through four provinces, and links five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huai River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River. As the longest as well as the oldest man-made waterway in the world, the Grand Canal has provided a close economic link be...
Ann. The Girl and the Game: A History of Women's Sport in Canada . 2nd ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016... C Adams - 《Journal of Sport History》 被引量: 0发表: 2018年 The World of games : their origin and history, how to play them, and how to make them This ...
Finland’s Ludovika Jakobsson-Eilers and Walter Jakobssen took home pairs gold. They are the oldest Olympic gold medalsts: Jakobsson-Eilers was 35 years and 274 days old while Jakobssen was 38 years, 79 days old. Alexia Bryn-Schoien and Yngvar Bryn, of Norway took the silver ahead of Gr...
Origins of the Olympic Winter Games, The first organized international competition involving winter sports was introduced just five years after the birth of the modern Olympics in 1896. This competition, the Nordic Games, included only athletes from the
Olympic Games, quadrennial athletic festival that is often regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition. The ancient Olympic Games included several sports that are now part of the Summer Games program, which includes events in as many as 32 diffe
The Olympics Begin in Ancient Greece The first written records of the ancient Olympic Games date to 776 B.C., when a cook named Coroebus won the only event—a 192-meter footrace called the stade (the origin of the modern “stadium”)—to become the first Olympic champion. However, it ...
were held at theolympiad,in the area around Olympia. All Games were held in honor ofZeus,the major Greek god of gods. The growing success of the Games encouraged belief in the divine and mythological origin of the Games, with some believing the gods themselves were participating or attending...
(要点 4) At last, a nickname according to a person's appearance or character was also an origin of surnames. (要点 5) 基础知识 预习自检 重点知识 合作探究 学习效果 随堂演练 课后课时作业 答案 人教版(2019)高中英语必修第二册教学课件:Unit 4 History and traditions Section C(共31...