{"slug": "ancient-olympic-games", "label": "Ancient Olympic Games", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188468", "qid": "Q188468", "description": "athletic competitions in ancient Greece", "entries": 21, "years": 21, "span": [-775, 393], "span_label": ["776 BCE", "393 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 20}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "crotone", "label": "Crotone", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nicene-creed", "label": "Nicene Creed", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "olympic-games", "label": "Olympic Games", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-greece", "label": "Ancient Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "olympia-greece", "label": "Olympia, Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thebes-greece", "label": "Thebes, Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pindar", "label": "Pindar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "laconia", "label": "Laconia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "miltiades", "label": "Miltiades", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -775, "year_label": "776 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "776 BC—First Olympic Games, according to Diodorus Siculus (of the 1st century BC). The games would continue to 394 AD. 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Icarius of Hyperesia wins the stadion race at the 23rd Olympic Games.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368318910#Events_and_trends", "title": "680s BC", "revid": 1368318910, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -675, "year_label": "676 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Callisthenes of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 26th Olympic Games.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510319#Greece", "title": "676 BC", "revid": 1370510319, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -549, "year_label": "550 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Miltiades, renowned Olympic chariot-racer", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356470815#Births", "title": "550 BC", "revid": 1356470815, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -547, "year_label": "548 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Diognetus of Croton wins the stadion race at the Olympic Games.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303256206#Events", "title": "548 BC", "revid": 1303256206, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -495, "year_label": "496 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Tisicrates of Kroton wins the stadion race at the 71st Olympic Games.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129351#Greece", "title": "496 BC", "revid": 1350129351, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -491, "year_label": "492 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Tisicrates wins the stadion race for a second time at the 72nd Olympic Games.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172499#Greece", "title": "492 BC", "revid": 1354172499, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -487, "year_label": "488 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Astylos of Croton wins the stadion race at the 73rd Olympic Games.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372358766#Greece", "title": "488 BC", "revid": 1372358766, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -483, "year_label": "484 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Astylos of Croton wins the stadion race for a second time at the 74th Olympic Games.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129371#Greece", "title": "484 BC", "revid": 1350129371, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -473, "year_label": "474 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Greek poet Pindar moves to Thebes after two years at the Sicilian Court of Hiero I of Syracuse. While at Thebes, he composes lyric odes to celebrate triumphs in the Olympic Games and other athletic events.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360598367#Literature", "title": "474 BC", "revid": 1360598367, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": -395, "year_label": "396 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Kyniska becomes the first woman to win an event at the Olympic Games when the horse-drawn chariot she sponsors crosses the finish line first, even though the prohibition on women competing forces her to hire a man to drive it.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1306223289#Sports", "title": "396 BC", "revid": 1306223289, "section": "Events › By topic › Sports"}}, {"year": -371, "year_label": "372 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Troilus of Elis wins two equestrian events at the Olympic Games, which leads to referees being banned from competing in the Games.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326557006#Sports", "title": "372 BC", "revid": 1326557006, "section": "Events › By topic › Sports"}}, {"year": 67, "year_label": "67 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Nero travels to Greece, where he participates in the Olympic Games and other festivals.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371185877#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 67", "revid": 1371185877, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 385, "year_label": "385 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Aurelios Zopyros becomes the last reported athlete at the Ancient Olympic Games. He is a victor in \"junior boxing\" (pankration).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1280220298#Sport_in_the_Roman_Empire", "title": "385", "revid": 1280220298, "section": "Events › By topic › Sport in the Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 393, "year_label": "393 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Theodosius I abolishes the Greek Olympic Games, ending a thousand years of festivals, as part of the general Christian policy to establish universal Christian worship in accordance with the doctrines set forth in the Nicene Creed (the next Olympic Games will not be held until 1896).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364744069#Roman_Empire", "title": "393", "revid": 1364744069, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}]}