How does an Olympic gold medal for shooting down the most pigeons sound? What about deer? With the conclusion of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, we'd like to share with you some of the strangest events that were...
International Mathematical Olympiad in Budapest. Without even taking any tests, he was accepted into the then-called Leningrad State University. He achieved remarkable successes in faculty, civic and student-union-based...
nearly all of Greece. From his father, Alexander the Great inherited the skills of tactician and commander. Olympias his mother also influenced him greatly. He inherited her passionate, sensitive nature.
Olympias is...
always find a way to achieve it. The inspiring story of Olympic medalist Jim Thorpe proves that dreams can become reality even when the circumstances are against us.
The person in the photo is Jim Thorpe - an athlete...
Hera is one of the most powerful and fair goddesses - she is thought to have no equal in ancient Greek mythology. Magnificent, in a long beautiful dress woven by Athena herself, she would descend from Olympus on...
Olympus, to mix water and land, of which to be born a beautiful girl. She should have the human power and divine voice and look.
Athena did have to weave beautiful clothes for the girl. Aphrodite was ordered to give her...
Parkinson's, lit the Olympic Cauldron in Atlanta, is considered to be the most highly emotional moment in the history of sports.
On November 27, 1990, Muhammad Ali met with Saddam Hussein in Baghdad to negotiate...
told humans how to prepare medicine and taught them to mine gold, silver and iron.
The king of the gods, Zeus, who lived in Olympus, dethroned his father Kronos and the old order of the gods, to which...
the throne of her son. Historians say she killed another baby, to make sure that it will not claim the throne when he grows up.
Olympia’s Political approach is contrary to the methods of management of the regent...
over the seas, Zeus over the skies and Hades over the Underworld. The god of the Underworld remains one of the most mystical of Olympian gods - little is known about him. According to some legends he was a just god. When a...
as a great general, leading his army by a chariot decorated in gold and silver. Homer wrote that he looked more like an Olympian God than a common mortal.
Homer did not conceal his awe of the horses from Thrace...
once beautiful sea maidens. Poseidon, god of the sea, took a liking to Medusa but the Olympian gods became infuriated that he had become fond of a mortal.
Medusa's joyous laughter and beauty brought about Athena's...
Today's humans are much slower than their ancestors. According to research by anthropologist Peter McAllister, any average human from the early days of our evolution would have been as fast as even our best Olympians today...
is seen as unlucky because it follows 12. The number 12 is viewed as being loaded with positive energy and symbology. There were 12 apostles of Jesus, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 months in the year, 12 zodiac signs, 12...
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Childhood and success of Alexander the Greatnearly all of Greece. From his father, Alexander the Great inherited the skills of tactician and commander. Olympias his mother also influenced him greatly. He inherited her passionate, sensitive nature.
Olympias is...
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